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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Utricularia foliosa
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Flatstem Bladderwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia foliosa
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Utricularia foliosa
COMMON NAME:
Flatstem Bladderwort, Leafy Bladderwort
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Keith Bradley kab_u_foliosa_75102
March Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_u_foliosa_75109
March Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
Readily IDed because of large flattened stolons covered w gelatinous goo, per www.sarracenia.com/faq.html.
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aquatic plants
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Utricularia foliosa
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia foliosa
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Utricularia foliosa
4082
Floating aquatic (without true roots); Forb
Perennial
Habitat: In deep water of natural lakes and ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple: dissected into linear segments
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (usually)
2 stamens & 2 minute staminodia
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Brown
Capsule
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