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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Utricularia simulans
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia simulans
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Utricularia simulans
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aranella fimbriata
COMMON NAME:
Fringed Bladderwort
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmusimulans_bcnp1
Month Unknown Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
Flowers 1–5, more or less congested; corolla 5-10mm long, per Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Utricularia simulans
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia simulans
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Utricularia simulans
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aranella fimbriata
2352
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: Seasonally wet pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native: Florida
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LEAVES:
Simple: dissected ?
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (usually)
2 fertile stamens, occasionally 2 staminodia
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Brown
Capsule
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