Utricularia stellarisL.f.

WFO wfo-0000417404 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Utricularia stellaris, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. a Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-03 / obs. 126769058
Utricularia stellaris, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. b Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92954138
Utricularia stellaris, photographed by Wilderness Safaris Botswana - Conservation Team
fig. c Wilderness Safaris Botswana - Conservation Team, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54511388
Utricularia stellaris, photographed by Wilderness Safaris Botswana - Conservation Team
fig. d Wilderness Safaris Botswana - Conservation Team, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54511137
Utricularia stellaris, photographed by Wilderness Safaris Botswana - Conservation Team
fig. e Wilderness Safaris Botswana - Conservation Team, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54211009
Utricularia stellaris, photographed by Wilderness Safaris Botswana - Conservation Team
fig. f Wilderness Safaris Botswana - Conservation Team, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47221057
Utricularia stellaris, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. g Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29220995
Utricularia stellaris, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. h Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28836119

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Native range 53 botanical countries

Regions where Utricularia stellaris is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaBurundiCameroonCape ProvincesCentral African RepublicChadDR CongoEthiopiaFree StateGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLesothoLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSenegalSierra LeoneSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabweAssamBangladeshIndiaMyanmarNepalSri LankaVietnamNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern Australia ComorosMauritius
Native distribution of Utricularia stellaris, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Comoros COM
DR Congo ZAI
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Gabon GAB
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Mauritius MAU
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
India IND
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Sri Lanka SRL
Vietnam VIE
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 71 in flower of 79 examined

Peak flowering in Apr. Each bar is the share of Utricularia stellaris observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 71 of 79 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 7 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Hamulia flava Raf.
  • Lepiactis stellaris (L.f.) Raf.
  • Utricularia flexuosa var. parviflora Kamienski
  • Utricularia inflexa var. stellaris (L.f.) P.Taylor
  • Utricularia macrocarpa Wall.
  • Utricularia stellaris var. breviscapa Kamienski
  • Utricularia stellaris var. coromandeliana A.DC.
  • Utricularia stellaris var. dilatata Kamienski
  • Utricularia stellaris var. filiformis Kamienski
  • Utricularia stellaris var. stellaris
  • Utricularia trichoschiza Stapf

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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