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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Utricularia macrorhiza
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
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Read more about Greater Bladderwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia macrorhiza
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Utricularia vulgaris ssp. macrorhiza
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-02-006:
Utricularia vulgaris FAMILY Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Utricularia macrorhiza
COMMON NAME:
Greater Bladderwort, Common Bladderwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_utma_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Utricularia macrorhiza
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia macrorhiza
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Utricularia vulgaris ssp. macrorhiza
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-02-006:
Utricularia vulgaris
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Utricularia macrorhiza
4058
Floating aquatic (without true roots); Forb
Habitat: Pools and ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
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LEAVES:
Developed leaves with numerous segments, leaves usually forked 4-6x
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
with brown stripes
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (usually)
2 fertile stamens, occasionally 2 staminodia
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Brown
Capsule
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