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Utricularia aurea  Lour.
Golden Bladderwort
Yellow aquatic species common in  North Queensland in dams and lagoons.Utricularia aurea has a pubescent corolla outside and the similar  Utricularia australis has a glabrous corolla outside.

 

  Utricularia aurea Utricularia aurea
 
Description:Plant Description:Flower showing pubescent corolla
Location:Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island ,North Queensland Location:Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island, North Queensland
GPS Coordinates:19°07.040S 146°51.686E GPS Coordinates:19°07.040S 146°51.686E
Date of photo:24 April  2011 Date of photo:24 April  2011
Field No.:U654 Field No.:U654
     
  Utricularia aurea Utricularia aurea
  Description:Flowers with waterlilies Description:Leaves and bladders
  Location:Mareeba Tropical Savannah and Wetland Reserve, North Queensland Location:Cattana Wetlands, Smithfield, North Queensland
  GPS coordinates:16°55.466S 145°21.614E GPS coordinates:16°49.996S 145°42.035E
  Date of photo:21 April  2013 Date of photo:14 July  2013
  Field No.:2049 Field No.:U655
     
  Utricularia aurea Utricularia aurea
 
  Description:Flowers and leaves Description:Flowers
  Location:Wurruma Dam, Mt Garnet, North Queensland Location:Wurruma Dam, Mt Garnet, North Queensland
  GPS coordinates:17˚42.1062S, 145°07.7178E GPS coordinates:17˚42.1062S, 145°07.7178E
  Date of photo:28 April 2018 Date of photo:28 April 2018
  Field No.:6554 Field No.:6554
     
  Utricularia aurea Utricularia aurea
 
  Description:Leaves and traps Description:Flowers
  Location:Wurruma Dam, Mt Garnet, North Queensland Location:Wurruma Dam, Mt Garnet, North Queensland
  GPS coordinates:17˚42.1062S, 145°07.7178E GPS coordinates:17˚42.1062S, 145°07.7178E
  Date of photo:28 April 2018 Date of photo:28 April 2018
  Field No.:6554 Field No.:6554
     
  Utricularia aurea Utricularia aurea
 
  Description:Leaves and traps Description:Plant
  Location:McMinn's Lagoon Recreation Reserve, Girraween, Northern Territory Location:McMinn's Lagoon Recreation Reserve, Girraween, Northern Territory
  GPS coordinates:12˚33.0894S, 131°05.0346E GPS coordinates:12˚33.0894S, 131°05.0346E
  Date of photo:30 May 2018 Date of photo:30 May 2018
  Field No.:6654 Field No.:6654
  Growing with Utricularia muelleri Growing with Utricularia muelleri
     
     
     

 

References (accessed 15 July 2018):

http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Utricularia~aurea

Taylor P, (1989) The Genus Utricularia - a Taxonomic monograph,The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

 

 

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Utricularia aurea