Lentibulariaceae
Bladderwort
Utricularia caerulea
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Genus
- Utricularia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- حامول الماء الأزرق
- arz
- حامول الماء الازرق
- Chinese
- 短梗挖耳草, 短梗狸藻, 長距狸藻, 长距狸藻, 密花狸藻, 折苞挖耳草, 长距挖耳草, 長距挖耳草
- English
- Bladderwort, Blue bladderwort
- Japanese
- ホザキノミミカキグサ
- Tamil
- யூட்ரிகுலேரியா கருலியா
Synonyms
- Calpidisca takenakai Nakai
- Calpidisca tatenakae Nakai
- Pelidnia caerulea (L.) Barnhart
- Utricularia albiflora Griff.
- Utricularia albina Ridl.
- Utricularia caerulea var. filicaulis (Wall. ex A.DC.) Haines
- Utricularia campestris Miq. ex C.B.Clarke
- Utricularia capillaris D.Don
- Utricularia cavalerii Stapf
- Utricularia charnleyensis W.Fitzg.
- Utricularia complanata Wall.
- Utricularia filicaulis Wall.
- Utricularia filicaulis Wall. ex A.DC.
- Utricularia filicaulis var. papillosa Pellegr.
- Utricularia kerrii Craib
- Utricularia nivea Vahl
- Utricularia nivea var. rosea (Edgew.) Trimen
- Utricularia obtusiloba Benj.
- Utricularia ophirensis Ridl.
- Utricularia paucifolia Benj.
- Utricularia racemosa Wall. ex Walp.
- Utricularia racemosa f. leucantha Komiya
- Utricularia racemosa var. filicaulis (Wall. ex A.DC.) C.B.Clarke
- Utricularia racemosa var. rosea (Edgew.) Thwaites
- Utricularia ramosa Vahl
- Utricularia rosea Edgew.
- Utricularia roseo-purpurea Stapf ex Gamble
- Utricularia sampathii Subr. & Yogan.
- Utricularia sootepensis Craib
- Utricularia squamosa Benj.
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnes Trekker, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Utricularia
- BladderwortUtricularia australisLentibulariaceae
- Greater bladderwortUtricularia vulgarisLentibulariaceae
- Lesser bladderwortUtricularia minorLentibulariaceae
- Flatleaf bladderwortUtricularia intermediaLentibulariaceae
- Humped bladderwortUtricularia gibbaLentibulariaceae
- Utricularia aureaLentibulariaceae
- BladderwortUtricularia bifidaLentibulariaceae
- Yellowishwhite bladderwortUtricularia ochroleucaLentibulariaceae
- Utricularia sandersoniiLentibulariaceae
- Utricularia bisquamataLentibulariaceae
- Utricularia alpinaLentibulariaceae
- Utricularia quelchiiLentibulariaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.