Life Span
Annual
Annual and Perennial
Type
Shrub
Aquatics
Origin
Europe
World/Pandemic
Types
-
Utricularia graminifolia, Utricularia vulgaris, Utricularia gibba
Number of Varieties
30220
0
40000
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Habitat
Cultivated Beds, Waste areas
Lakes, stream banks
USDA Hardiness Zone
6-9-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
-
Sunset Zone
-
21,22
Habit
Clump-Forming
Spreading
Plant Size
Minimum Height
40.00 cm10.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
30.00 cm5.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Yellow
Yellow, Purple, Lavender
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
White
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green, Gray Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green, Gray Green
-
Leaf Color in Fall
-
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Arrowhead
Orbicular
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Very Fast
Medium
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
-
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Average
-
Bloom Time
Late Spring, Early Summer
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Wet Site
Where to Plant?
Ground
In Water
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Divison, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires regular watering
Requires 4 to 8 inches of water above the soil line
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Moist
-
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
-
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Cut away fading foliage, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
hair algae
Plant Tolerance
Drought
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
Medium
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Butterflies
Insects
Allergy
-
Avoid during Pregnancy
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Showy Purposes, Water gardening
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Anxiety, Cough, Insomnia, Rheumatism, Wounds
Diuretic, Vulnerary
Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves
Leaves, Root
Other Uses
Showy Purposes
Food for animals, Showy Purposes
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
-
Bog Garden, Container, Water Gardens, Wildflower
Botanical Name
LACTUCA serriola
UTRICULARIA
Common Name
Compass Plant, Horse Thistle, Prickly Lettuce
Bladderwort
In Hindi
Prickly Lettuce
Bladderwort plant
In German
Feigensalat
bladderwort Pflanze
In French
laitue scariole
plante Bladderwort
In Spanish
lechuga espinosa
planta bladderwort
In Greek
φραγκοσυκιές Μαρούλι
φυτό υδρόβιο φυτό
In Portuguese
alface espinhosa
planta bladderwort
In Polish
Kolczasta Sałata
Bladderwort roślin
In Latin
Opuntia Lactuca
bladderwort herba
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Scrophulariales
Family
Asteraceae
Lentibulariaceae
Genus
Lactuca
Utricularia
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
Cichorieae
-
Subfamily
-
Pitcairnioideae
Number of Species
100220
1
27800
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