Life Span
Annual and Perennial
Perennial
Type
Aquatics
Grass
Origin
World/Pandemic
Europe, Asia
Types
Utricularia graminifolia, Utricularia vulgaris, Utricularia gibba
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Number of Varieties
2208
0
40000
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Habitat
Lakes, stream banks
Grassland
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99994-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
-
Sunset Zone
21,22
2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Spreading
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
10.00 cm30.50 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
5.00 cm30.50 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Yellow, Purple, Lavender
White
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
-
Purple, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
-
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
Purple, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Tan
Shape
Leaf Shape
Orbicular
Grass like
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Medium
Type of Soil
-
Loam
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
-
Average
Bloom Time
-
Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Wet Site
Wet Site, Salt
Where to Plant?
In Water
Ground
How to Plant?
Divison, Seedlings
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires 4 to 8 inches of water above the soil line
Requires a lot of watering, Requires regular watering
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Ample Water
In Winter
Average Water
Moderate
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
-
Loam
Soil Drainage Capacity
-
Average
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Cut away fading foliage, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Prune to control growth
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Requires high amount of nitrogen
Pests and Diseases
hair algae
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Wet Site
Wet Site
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Insects
-
Allergy
Avoid during Pregnancy
Asthma, conjunctivitis, Rhinitis
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes, Water gardening
-
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Food for animals, Food for insects, Wildlife
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Diuretic, Vulnerary
-
Part of Plant Used
Leaves, Root
Whole plant
Other Uses
Food for animals, Showy Purposes
cultivated as pasture or hay crop, Food for animals, Food for insects
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Bog Garden, Container, Water Gardens, Wildflower
Bedding Plant, Feature Plant, Groundcover
Botanical Name
UTRICULARIA
ALOPECURUS
Common Name
Bladderwort
Foxtail Grass
In Hindi
Bladderwort plant
Foxtail Grass
In German
bladderwort Pflanze
Foxtail Grass
In French
plante Bladderwort
Foxtail Grass
In Spanish
planta bladderwort
Hierba de cola de zorra
In Greek
φυτό υδρόβιο φυτό
αλωπέκουρου Grass
In Portuguese
planta bladderwort
grama de foxtail
In Polish
Bladderwort roślin
ber trawy
In Latin
bladderwort herba
panicum Grass
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Scrophulariales
Cyperales
Family
Lentibulariaceae
Poaceae
Genus
Utricularia
Alopecurus
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
-
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
Pitcairnioideae
-
Number of Species
22012
1
27800
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