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Utricularia gibba L.

Reference
Sp.Pl. [Linnaeus] 1:18 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
Name Status
Current

Submerged aquatic, sometimes mat-forming, free-floating annual or perennial, herb, ultimate segments of the leaves very few; calyx lobes 2; pedicels semi-erect in fruit. Fl. yellow, Apr to Dec. Still pools, ephemeral swamps.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 12 November 1998
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Fitzroy Trough, Hamersley, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Perth, Pindanland, Tanami Desert.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, South Perth, Stirling, Wanneroo, Wyndham-East Kimberley.