Utricularia uliginosa
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Family Lentibulariaceae
Taxonomy: Utricularia uliginosa Vahl
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Utricularia cyanea R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
- Utricularia cyanea R.Br. var. cyanea (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Utricularia graminifolia Vahl (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (2), Cooper_2013 (11), Hughes_1992 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (9), NTH_2022 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 48 records in 12 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 50 mm (50-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 3.75 mm (1.5-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (5); perennial (3) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1); terrestrial (3) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); nnnyyyyyynnn (1); nyynnnnnnnnn (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_1998]
seed morphology
- seed_shape (categorical): winged (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.07 m (0.06-0.08 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper_2013 | 9 | 11 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 8 | 9 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 4 | 4 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Hughes_1992 | 3 | 3 | L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992. |
| NTH_2022 | 3 | 3 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| ATRP_2020 | 2 | 2 | F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| WAH_1998 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |