Browse by Family: Lentibulariaceae


Plant Group: Dicotyledon

Family Description:
Tiny carnivorous herbs of wet places. These plants are known as bladderworts due to the submerged globular bladder-like trap which sucks in minute aquatic animals. The lower petal of the flower forms an enlarged lip with a spur extending from the base of the petal.

Genera Species Images
Utricularia
dichotoma
Image: Lorraine Norden
Utricularia
lateriflora
Utricularia
tenella

Classification:

Genus Species
Utricularia Utricularia dichotoma
Utricularia Utricularia lateriflora
Utricularia Utricularia tenella