Lentibulariaceae
Lesser bladderwort
Utricularia minor
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Genus
- Utricularia
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Common names
By language (28)
- Belarusian
- Плывунец малы
- Bulgarian
- Дребна мехурка
- Catalan
- Petite utriculaire
- Chinese
- 小狸藻, 細葉狸藻, 细叶狸藻
- Czech
- Bublinatka menší
- Danish
- Liden Blærerod
- Dutch
- Klein blaasjeskruid
- English
- Lesser bladderwort
- Estonian
- Väike vesihernes
- Finnish
- Pikkuvesiherne
- French
- Petite utriculaire, Utriculaire Mineure
- German
- Kleiner Wasserschlauch, Petite utriculaire
- hsb
- Mały pucherjak
- Hungarian
- Kis rence
- Icelandic
- Blöðrujurt
- Japanese
- ヒメタヌキモ
- Latvian
- Mazā pūslene
- Lithuanian
- Petite utriculaire
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Småblærerot
- Persian
- آتریکالاریا کوچک
- Polish
- Pływacz drobny, Pływacz mniejszy
- Russian
- Пузырчатка малая, Пузырчатка меньшая
- se
- Uhcačáhcebađvi
- Serbian
- Мала мешинка
- sms
- Uʹcc-čääʹcckååraǩ
- Swedish
- Dvärgbläddra, Petite utriculaire
- Ukrainian
- Пухирник малий
- Welsh
- Chwysigenddail bach
Synonyms
- Lentibularia minor (L.) Raf.
- Utricularia minor f. natans Komiya
- Utricularia minor f. platyloba (J.Meister) Glück
- Utricularia minor f. stricta Komiya
- Utricularia minor f. terrestris Glück
- Utricularia minor var. platyloba J.Meister
- Utricularia nepalensis Kitam.
- Utricularia rogersiana Lace
- Xananthes minor Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to January (from 256 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere Official Account, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 16:14, 22 October 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Helen Waterman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pleple2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Utricularia
- BladderwortUtricularia australisLentibulariaceae
- Greater bladderwortUtricularia vulgarisLentibulariaceae
- Flatleaf bladderwortUtricularia intermediaLentibulariaceae
- Humped bladderwortUtricularia gibbaLentibulariaceae
- 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.