NameThatPlant.net: Utricularia radiata

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Small Swollen Bladderwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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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Keith Bradley kab_u_radiata_06387

March Collier County FL

Peduncle with whorl of inflated, leaf-like, cylindrical organs (floats), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

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

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
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (usually)
2 fertile stamens, occasionally 2 staminodia
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule

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