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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Utricularia foliosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Utricularia foliosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Utricularia foliosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Utricularia foliosa
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.
COMPARE
aquatic plants
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Utricularia foliosa
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia foliosa
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Utricularia foliosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Utricularia foliosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Utricularia foliosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Utricularia foliosa
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
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple: dissected into linear segments
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (usually)
2 stamens & 2 minute staminodia
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Brown
Capsule
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