Utricularia capilliflora

Utricularia capilliflora is a tiny annual bladderwort from the Top End of the Northern Territory, common around Darwin. Its small yellow-brown flowers have thread-like lobes. It grows in wet sand, shallow water on sandstone pavements and seepages that exist only in the monsoon. Culture means copying a hot, very wet summer and growing it from seed each year.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Field notes describe wet sand lenses on sandstone pavement beside creeks, shallow clear water on rock platforms, shallow clay loam over rock on saturated woodland margins, and sandy track edges. The sites are open, often thousands of plants together, among open Eucalyptus woodland.

Lowland: the measured sites lie at about 15–170 m.

Northern Territory

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.