Utricularia multifida

Utricularia multifida, commonly called pink petticoat or fairy aprons, is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the bladderwort genus, Utricularia, of family Lentibulariaceae.^[1] It is endemic to the south west corner of Western Australia.^[2] It was once placed in a separate genus as Polypompholyx multifida The most remarkable thing about U. multifida is that a tiny plant only one-half inch (twelve mm) wide producs a peduncle 4 to 5 inches (ten to twelve cm) tall bearing 2 or 3 flowers each twice the size of the plant which produced them.^[3] There are insect traps on underground rhizomes which catch colymbola and mites and other soil fauna.

Utricularia multifida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lentibulariaceae
Genus:	Utricularia
Subgenus:	Utricularia subg. Polypompholyx
Section:	Utricularia sect. Polypompholyx
Species:	U. multifida
Binomial name
Utricularia multifida R.Br.
Synonyms
Polypompholyx multifida (R.Br.) F.Muell.

See also

• List of Utricularia species