Lentibulariaceae
Zigzag bladderwort
Utricularia subulata
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Genus
- Utricularia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 尖叶狸藻, 尖葉狸藻, 钻形狸藻
- English
- Zigzag bladderwort
Synonyms
- Enetophyton cleistogamum (A.Gray) Nieuwl.
- Setiscapella cleistogama (A.Gray) Barnhart
- Setiscapella subulata (L.) Barnhart
- Utricularia angolensis Kamienski
- Utricularia bradei Markgr.
- Utricularia capillaris Hoffmanns. ex A.Dietr.
- Utricularia cleistogama (A.Gray) Britton
- Utricularia filiformis Roem. & Schult.
- Utricularia marcelliana Merl ex Luetzelb.
- Utricularia media Salzm. ex A.St.-Hil. & Girard
- Utricularia nervosa var. minor Merl ex Luetzelb.
- Utricularia obsoleta Merl ex Luetzelb.
- Utricularia oligocista Benj.
- Utricularia perpusilla A.DC.
- Utricularia pumila Benj.
- Utricularia rendlei F.E.Lloyd
- Utricularia setacea Michx.
- Utricularia subulata f. cleistogama (A.Gray) Fernald
- Utricularia subulata f. minor Luetzelb.
- Utricularia subulata f. subulata
- Utricularia subulata var. cleistogama A.Gray
- Utricularia subulata var. inaequalis A.DC.
- Utricularia subulata var. minuta Kamienski
- Utricularia subulata var. tridenticulata A.F.Vital
- Utricularia tenuiscapa Pilg.
- Utricularia triloba R.D.Good
- Vesiculina setacea (Michx.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- January, March to April (from 623 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Celso Henrique Varela Rios, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: stephen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: stephen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tsssss, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sayori Minato, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoannis Domínguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Noah Elhardt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ch.Andrew, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: fischermans, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: fischermans, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: fischermans, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Utricularia
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- Greater bladderwortUtricularia vulgarisLentibulariaceae
- Lesser bladderwortUtricularia minorLentibulariaceae
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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.