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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Utricularia radiata   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia radiata   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-02-005b:

Utricularia inflata var. minor   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Utricularia radiata

 

COMMON NAME:
Small Swollen Bladderwort, Floating Bladderwort, little floating bladderwort


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image of Utricularia radiata, Small Swollen Bladderwort, Floating Bladderwort, little floating bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2255

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves normally submersed, divided into alternate segments with lateral bladder-like traps, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Utricularia radiata, Small Swollen Bladderwort, Floating Bladderwort, little floating bladderwort

Keith Bradley    kab_u_radiata_06387

March    Collier County    FL

Floats fused basally to one another, cylindrical, ± parallel-sided through most of their length, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Utricularia radiata, Small Swollen Bladderwort, Floating Bladderwort, little floating bladderwort

Sam Pratt    sbp_dscf3704

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Peduncle w whorl of inflated leaf-like cylindrical organs (floats); 3-4 (1-7) flowers per scape, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Utricularia radiata, Small Swollen Bladderwort, Floating Bladderwort, little floating bladderwort

Sam Pratt    sbp060521_image0

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Plants floating unattached in water, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Utricularia radiata, Small Swollen Bladderwort, Floating Bladderwort, little floating bladderwort

Sam Pratt    sbp060521_image2

June    Spartanburg County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Utricularia radiata   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia radiata   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-02-005b:
Utricularia inflata var. minor   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Utricularia radiata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4013

Floating aquatic (without true roots); Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: Ponds, depression ponds, lakes, and ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains

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LEAVES:
Simple: dissected into linear segments
Whorled & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (usually)
2 fertile stamens, occasionally 2 staminodia
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule

 

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