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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia gibba   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-02-007:

Utricularia gibba   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

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

Utricularia gibba

 

COMMON NAME:
Shortspur Creeping Bladderwort, Humped Bladderwort


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image of Utricularia gibba, Shortspur Creeping Bladderwort, Humped Bladderwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_utgi_001_lvd

        

Several authors have expressed doubts about the distinction between U. gibba and U. biflora, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Utricularia gibba, Shortspur Creeping Bladderwort, Humped Bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm210806_2432

July    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia gibba   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-02-007:
Utricularia gibba   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

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

 

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4056

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

Habitat: Ponds, lakes, and diches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain, rare in GA Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Developed leaves with 2 segments, leaves usually forked once
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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