Utricularia bisquamata is a small carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. The flowering stems grow to a height of about 12 cm. It has a rosette of narrow leaves and wiry stems supporting racemes of flowers with two lips, white, pale violet or occasionally yellow. The upper lip is small with two or three lobes and the lower lip has two short lobes at the side and acentral lobe. The base of the lower lip has a patch of yellow which is variable in size.

It is native to southern Africa, where it can be found in Angola, Lesotho, Madagascar, Namibia, Eswatini and South Africa. It is part of the fynbos community, where it grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy or peaty soils among mosses by streams or wet depressions at altitudes from near sea level to 1,200 m in South Africa and up to 2,250 m in Angola. It was originally described and published by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1824.

Since it is quite widespread, there are several different forms of the species in cultivation. The cultivar Betty's Bay has larger, more colourful flowers.

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