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Your search found 18 taxa in the family Lentibulariaceae, Bladderwort family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Common Name: Small Butterwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pinguicula pumila FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinguicula pumila FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinguicula pumila 170-01-001 FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas and wet pine flatwoods
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Yellow Butterwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pinguicula lutea FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinguicula lutea FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinguicula lutea 170-01-002 FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas and wet pine flatwoods, mostly in the outer Coastal Plain, rarely extending inland to seepages and sandhill-pocosin ecotones in the fall-line Sandhills of SC
Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC, rare in NC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Butterwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pinguicula caerulea FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinguicula caerulea FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinguicula caerulea 170-01-003 FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas and wet pine flatwoods, mostly in the outer Coastal Plain, rarely extending inland to seepages and sandhill-pocosin ecotones in the fall-line Sandhills of NC and SC
Uncommon in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Clearwater Butterwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pinguicula primuliflora FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinguicula primuliflora FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Mucky margins of clearwater streams, seeps
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Slender Bladderwort, Zigzag Bladderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia subulata FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia subulata FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia subulata 170-02-001 FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Moist sands or peats of various kinds of acidic wetlands, including wet pine savannas and flatwoods, shores of limesink ponds (dolines), borrow pits, ditches
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Horned Bladderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia cornuta FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia cornuta FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia cornuta 170-02-002 FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Saturated peaty soils of shores of limesink ponds (dolines), bogs, fens, wet barrens
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Bladderwort, Slender Horned Bladderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia juncea FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia juncea FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia juncea 170-02-003 FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Shores of limesink ponds (dolines), borrow pits, wet sands
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Purple Bladderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia purpurea FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia purpurea FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia purpurea 170-02-004 FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: In water of ponds, ditches, other slow-moving water
Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Swollen Bladderwort, Inflated Bladderwort, Floating Bladderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia inflata FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia inflata FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia inflata var. inflata 170-02-005a FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Ponds, lakes, ditches
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Small Swollen Bladderwort, Floating Bladderwort, little floating bladderwort
Weakley's Flora: (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): Utricularia inflata var. minor 170-02-005b FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Ponds, depression ponds, lakes, and ditches
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Greater Bladderwort, Common Bladderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia macrorhiza FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia macrorhiza FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia vulgaris 170-02-006 FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Pools and ponds
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Shortspur Creeping Bladderwort, Humped Bladderwort
Weakley's Flora: (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): Utricularia gibba 170-02-007 FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Ponds, lakes, and diches
Common in Coastal Plain, rare in GA Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia biflora FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Utricularia gibba FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia biflora 170-02-008 FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Ponds, lakes, and diches
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fibrous Bladderwort, Striped Bladderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia striata FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia striata FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia fibrosa 170-02-009 FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Ponds, lakes, and ditches
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Dwarf Bladderwort, Minute Bladderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Utricularia olivacea FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia olivacea FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia olivacea 170-02-010 FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: In floating mats (often algal) in water of limesink ponds (dolines), artificial lakes or beaver ponds
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Flatstem Bladderwort, Leafy Bladderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Utricularia foliosa FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia foliosa FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: In deep water of natural lakes and ponds
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Northeastern Bladderwort, Resupinate Bladderwort, Lavender Bladderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia resupinata FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia resupinata FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods, pond margins, shores of natural lakes
Rare
Native to Coastal Plain of North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fringed Bladderwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia simulans FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia simulans FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae
Habitat: Seasonally wet pine flatwoods
Native: Florida
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