NameThatPlant.net: Utricularia striata

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

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia striata FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-02-009:

Utricularia fibrosa FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

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

Utricularia fibrosa

COMMON NAME:
Fibrous Bladderwort, Striped Bladderwort

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image of Utricularia striata, Fibrous Bladderwort, Striped Bladderwort

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April Berkeley County SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Upper corolla lip larger than the lower and obscurely 3-lobed, per Weakley's Flora.

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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) 170-02-009:
Utricularia fibrosa FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

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

2060

Floating aquatic (without true roots); Forb
Perennial

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple: dissected into linear segments
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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