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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Utricularia gibba
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
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Read more about Shortspur Creeping Bladderwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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).
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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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p096?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p247
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p254
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p297?
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