Utricularia ochroleuca

The Pale yellow water hose ( Utricularia ochroleuca ) or ocher yellow water hose is a species of the genus of the water hoses ( Utricularia ).

Features

The Pale yellow water hose is a deciduous, rootless, submerged aquatic plant growth reaches the heights of 10 to 15 centimeters. The Endzipfel the water reeds that are at the edge of each 0-3 ( 5) Wimperzähnchen on. The crown is pale yellow. The lower lip measures 7 to 9 × 10 to 13 millimeters. The spur is about 4 to 5 millimeters long.

The flowering period extends from July to August.

Occurrence

The Pale yellow water hose is lime-intolerant and grows in Germany in oligo-to mesotrophic water bodies such as ponds and hollows, especially in bogs. The species is rare in southwest Bavaria, south-east of Baden- Württemberg ( Neukirch ), South Rhineland -Palatinate, North Rhine -Westphalia, North-East Saxony and Brandenburg ago. In Lower Saxony and Schleswig -Holstein, it is considered extinct.

Documents

• Eckhart J. Jäger, Klaus Werner ( eds.): Excursion Flora of Germany. Founded by Werner Roth painter. 10, revised edition. Volume 4: Vascular Plants: Critical band, Elsevier, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Munich / Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8274-1496-2.