Utricularia menziesii
Redcoats is a tiny tuberous bladderwort from south-western Western Australia, with striking red flowers on stems only 4–8 cm tall from June to September. It grows in moist sandy soil in winter-wet depressions, around granite outcrops and in swamps, and survives the dry summer as small tubers. Grow it cool, very bright and wet in winter, and almost dry in summer.
Where it grows wild
It grows in moist sandy soils in winter-wet depressions, on seepage around granite outcrops and at the edges of swamps, usually among low, open vegetation.
No elevations are recorded. Its range covers the coastal plain and nearby uplands of south-western Australia, broadly from sea level to about 400 m.
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