Utricularia multifida
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Utricularia multifida, commonly called pink petticoat or fairy aprons, is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the bladderwort genus Utricularia in family Lentibulariaceae.[1] It is endemic to the south west corner of Western Australia.[2] It was once placed in a separate genus as Polypompholyx multifida. An unusual character of U. multifida is that a tiny plant only Template:Cvt wide producs a peduncle Template:Cvt tall bearing 2 or 3 flowers each twice the size of the plant which produced them.[3] There are insect traps on underground rhizomes which catch collembola and mites and other soil fauna.
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- ↑ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.
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