NameThatPlant.net: Utricularia foliosa

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Utricularia foliosa FAMILY Lentibulariaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Flatstem Bladderwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia foliosa FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

COMMON NAME:
Flatstem Bladderwort, Leafy Bladderwort

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Utricularia foliosa FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia foliosa FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

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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