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Lentibulariaceae
Utricularia

not marked as a favorite taxon Utricularia subulata Linnaeus. Common name: Slender Bladderwort, Zigzag Bladderwort. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Moist sands or peats of various kinds of acidic wetlands, including wet pine savannas and flatwoods, shores of limesink ponds (dolines), borrow pits, ditches. Distribution: In North America primarily in the Coastal Plain, from NS and e. MA south to s. FL, west to TX, north in the interior to TN and AR; also in the West Indies, Central America, South America, Africa, and Asia. Taylor (1989) termed this "the most widespread of Utricularia species".

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Bah, C, F, Fl6, FNA, G, GW2, Il, K4, Mex, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WI, Schnell (2002b), Taylor (1989); > Setiscapella cleistogama (A.Gray) Barnhart — S; > Setiscapella subulata (L.) Barnhart — S; > Utricularia cleistogama (A.Gray) Britton — Tat; > Utricularia subulata L. — Tat; Utricularia subulata L. Basionym: Utricularia subulata L. 1753

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Utricularia subulata© Alan Cressler: Utricularia subulata, near Biggins Pond, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Wakulla County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Utricularia subulata© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Utricularia subulata© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Utricularia subulata© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
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image #7 of Utricularia subulata© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷

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NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, carnivorous perennial of moist sands or peats in various kinds of acidic wetlands, including wet pine savannas and flatwoods, shores of limesink ponds (dolines), borrow pits and ditches.

Stems: Stems underground (not floating in water), sending up naked, often zigzagging flowering scapes; with bladder-like traps on underground branchlets.

Leaves: Leaves slender, sometimes divided into a few small segments, bladderless.

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Flowers: Flowers 1-several on a wiry, naked scape, with a single bract at the base of each flower stalk attached near its center; each flower yellow, about â…“ in. long, bilaterally symmetric, tubular, with a short, blunt, inconspicuous spur that is held close to the enlarged, 3-lobed lower lip and a smaller upper lip.

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Height: 1-8 in.

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description: Erect, carnivorous perennial of moist sands or peats in various kinds of acidic wetlands, including wet pine savannas and flatwoods, shores of limesink ponds (dolines), borrow pits and ditches.

stems: Stems underground (not floating in water), sending up naked, often zigzagging flowering scapes; with bladder-like traps on underground branchlets.

leaves: Leaves slender, sometimes divided into a few small segments, bladderless.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers 1-several on a wiry, naked scape, with a single bract at the base of each flower stalk attached near its center; each flower yellow, about â…“ in. long, bilaterally symmetric, tubular, with a short, blunt, inconspicuous spur that is held close to the enlarged, 3-lobed lower lip and a smaller upper lip.

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