Utricularia multifida

{{Short description|Species of carnivorous plant}}

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|image = Utricularia multifida in Alison Baird Reserve.jpg

|genus = Utricularia

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|parent = Utricularia sect. Polypompholyx

|species = multifida

|authority = R.Br.

|synonyms = *Polypompholyx multifida (R.Br.) F.Muell.

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Utricularia multifida, commonly called pink petticoat or fairy aprons, is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the bladderwort genus, Utricularia, of family Lentibulariaceae.Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London. It is endemic to the south west corner of Western Australia.{{cite web|title=Utricularia multifida distribution|url=http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/7148|publisher=Florabase: The Western Australia Flora|accessdate=8 January 2015}} 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.{{cite book | last= Slack | first= Adrian | date= 1980 | title= Carnivorous Plants | location= Cambridge, Massachusetts | publisher= Massachusetts Institute of Technology | pages= 180-181 | ISBN= 0-262-19186-5 }} There are insect traps on underground rhizomes which catch colymbola and mites and other soil fauna.