This native aquatic plant
is commonly known as
golden bladderwort.
Utricularia aurea
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Lentibulariaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Flowering Yengarie December 2020 after first summer rain. Listed as a special least concern species in Queensland (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/protected-plants/harvesting). Regarded as a wetland species in Queensland WetlandInfo.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 8 Fraser Coast localities: Dundowran Beach, Talegalla Weir, Tuan Forest, Duckinwilla, Yengarie, Maryborough, Beaver Rock, Sunshine Acres.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH