| Utricularia gibba | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lentibulariaceae |
| Genus: | Utricularia |
| Subgenus: | Utricularia |
| Section: | Utricularia |
| Species: | U. gibba |
| Binomial name | |
| Utricularia gibba L. (1753) |
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Utricularia gibba, commonly known as the humped[1] or floating bladderwort,[2] is a small, mat forming species of aquatic bladderwort. This species has a vast geographic range and occurs naturally in the USA (all states except Alaska and Rocky mountain states), Canada, Central and South America, Spain, Israel, most of Africa, most of Asia -including China and Japan-, New Guinea, Australia and Tasmania and the North Island of New Zealand.[3] The specific epithet is Latin for "hump" or "swelling" - a reference to the inflated base of the lower lip of the corolla.[3]
U. gibba is listed as a weed on the New Zealand National Pest Plant Accord.