Lentibulariaceae
Humped bladderwort
Utricularia gibba
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Genus
- Utricularia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 丝叶狸藻, 少花狸藻, 絲葉狸藻
- English
- Humped bladderwort, Floating bladderwort, Bladderwort
- French
- Utriculaire Bossue, Utriculaire Gibbeuse
- Japanese
- ミカワタヌキモ
Synonyms
- Megopiza fornicata (Leconte) Raf.
- Megopiza integra (Leconte) Raf.
- Megopiza longirostris (Leconte) Raf.
- Megozipa fornicata (Leconte) Raf.
- Megozipa integra (Leconte) Raf.
- Megozipa longirostris (Leconte ex Elliott) Raf.
- Plesisa bipartita (Elliott) Raf.
- Trilobulina crenata Raf.
- Trilobulina fibrosa (Walter) Raf.
- Utricularia alba Hoffmanns. ex Link
- Utricularia ambigua A.DC.
- Utricularia anomala A.St.-Hil. & Girard
- Utricularia aphylla Ruiz & Pav.
- Utricularia bifidocalcar R.D.Good
- Utricularia biflora Lam.
- Utricularia biflora Roxb.
- Utricularia biflora Bonpl. ex A.DC.
- Utricularia bipartita Elliott
- Utricularia conferta Hassk.
- Utricularia crenata Vahl
- Utricularia diantha Schult.
- Utricularia diflora Roxb.
- Utricularia elegans Wall.
- Utricularia emarginata Benj.
- Utricularia exoleta R.Br.
- Utricularia exoleta var. lusitanica Kamienski
- Utricularia fibrosa Walter
- Utricularia filamentosa F.Dietr.
- Utricularia fornicata Leconte
- Utricularia furcata Pers.
- Utricularia gayana A.DC.
- Utricularia gibba f. natans Komiya
- Utricularia gibba subsp. exoleta (R.Br.) P.Taylor
- Utricularia gibba subsp. gibba
- Utricularia gibbosa Hill
- Utricularia gracilis Kunth
- Utricularia integra Leconte
- Utricularia kalmaloensis A.Chev.
- Utricularia khasiana J.Joseph & Mani
- Utricularia longirostris Leconte
and 23 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Alex Popovkin, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Umar Musa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Emma Follett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jesse Corriveau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Octavio Perez Cota, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Utricularia
- BladderwortUtricularia australisLentibulariaceae
- Greater bladderwortUtricularia vulgarisLentibulariaceae
- Lesser bladderwortUtricularia minorLentibulariaceae
- Flatleaf bladderwortUtricularia intermediaLentibulariaceae
- Utricularia aureaLentibulariaceae
- BladderwortUtricularia bifidaLentibulariaceae
- Yellowishwhite bladderwortUtricularia ochroleucaLentibulariaceae
- Utricularia sandersoniiLentibulariaceae
- Utricularia bisquamataLentibulariaceae
- Utricularia alpinaLentibulariaceae
- BladderwortUtricularia caeruleaLentibulariaceae
- 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.