Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Golden bladderwort
Utricularia aurea Lour.
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Height in the aquarium
medium to high
Light
low
CO₂ needs
22–30 °C
Ideal temperature
Water parameters
Understand these values- Position
- floating
- Propagation
- fragmentation, cuttings, separating offshoots
- Grows emersed
- no
In the wild
Overview
This large, rootless bladderwort forms shoots with very finely cut leaves. Yellowish green in the aquarium, it can be redder in the wild. It floats below the surface of tropical waters in Asia and Australia; its yellow flowers rise on stalks. Its small traps remain poorly developed, or even absent, in the aquarium.
- Scientific name
- Utricularia aurea Lour.
- Classification
- Lamiales › Lentibulariaceae
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern (LC)
Natural habitat
South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia
Observations (GBIF) and localities Native countries Rivers and lakes
- Native countries
- Introduced by people
No introduction reported outside its native range.
Countries: Kew World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP). Dots: GBIF observations in the native countries.
In the aquarium
Growing in the aquarium
Let it float or hold the tips in the substrate like upright stems. Undemanding, it accepts soft to harder water and grows fast. Fragments let you propagate it. Set aside enough room and thin the cover so it does not hide the other plants.
Sources:Flowgrow GBIF POWO (Kew) · Base map: Natural Earth