Utricularia vulgaris

Common bladderwort
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lentibulariaceae
Genus:	Utricularia
Subgenus:	Utricularia subg. Utricularia
Section:	Utricularia sect. Utricularia
Species:	U. vulgaris
Binomial name
Utricularia vulgaris L.
Synonyms [2]
List Lentibularia majorGilib. Lentibularia vulgaris(L.) Moench Urticularia biseriataH. Lindb. Urticularia officinalisThornton Urticularia vulgaris f. brevifoliaKamienski Urticularia vulgaris f. crassicaulisKamienski Urticularia vulgaris f. heterovesicariaKamienski Urticularia vulgaris f. magnifloraKamienski Urticularia vulgaris f. parvifloraKamienski Urticularia vulgaris f. platylobaGlück Urticularia vulgaris subsp. major(L.) Ehrh. Urticularia vulgaris var. platiphyllaHegi Urticularia vulgaris var. robustiorBöckel Urticularia vulgaris var. typicaJ. Meister

Utricularia vulgaris (greater bladderwort ^{[1] [3]} or common bladderwort) is an aquatic species of bladderwort found in Asia and Europe. The plant is free-floating and does not put down roots. Stems can attain lengths of over one metre in a single growing season, but die back and form turions in winter. The leaves are finely pinnately divided, between one and eight centimetres long and carry many bladder-like traps. The yellow flowers are borne on stalks above the surface of the water between April and August. In eastern Asia and North America, its place is taken by the related species U. macrorhiza .

Inflorescence of Utricularia vulgaris

References

1. Lansdown, R.V. (2014). "Utricularia vulgaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014: e.T164181A42397024. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T164181A42397024.en . Retrieved 20 July 2025.
2. "Utricularia vulgaris L." Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 20 July 2025.
3. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.