Lentibulariaceae
Tiny bladderwort
Utricularia pusilla
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Genus
- Utricularia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 微小狸藻
- English
- Tiny bladderwort
Synonyms
- Setiscapella pusilla (Vahl) Barnhart ex Britton & P.Wilson
- Utricularia leptantha Benj.
- Utricularia microcarpa F.Dietr.
- Utricularia pusilla var. itapavensis Merl ex Luetzelb.
- Utricularia tertia Salzm. ex A.St.-Hil. & Girard
- Utricularia tremula Salzm. ex A.St.-Hil. & Girard
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: ....Christopher Borges...., CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ana Nuño, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoannis Domínguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Felix, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Humped bladderwortUtricularia gibbaLentibulariaceae
- Utricularia aureaLentibulariaceae
- BladderwortUtricularia bifidaLentibulariaceae
- Yellowishwhite bladderwortUtricularia ochroleucaLentibulariaceae
- Utricularia sandersoniiLentibulariaceae
- Utricularia bisquamataLentibulariaceae
- Utricularia alpinaLentibulariaceae
- BladderwortUtricularia caeruleaLentibulariaceae
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.