Utricularia minor
A small, rootless, submerged bladderwort of nutrient-poor bog pools and fens across the cooler Northern Hemisphere. Delicate green shoots float in the water while pale shoots anchor in the mud, and pale yellow flowers rise above the surface in summer. It is a temperate plant that survives winter as tight resting buds, so it needs soft, acidic water, bright light and a cold winter.
Where it grows wild
It lives in shallow, oligotrophic to mesotrophic water: peat cuttings, bog hollows and pools, fen pools, quaking mats, lake margins in mires and even drainage ditches. It is usually anchored in soft peat or mud but can drift free. The water is open to the sky or shaded only by sedges and mosses.
From sea level into the mountains. The few GBIF records with an elevation span 430–1788 m, and Swiss indicator values class it as a montane plant.
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