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Lentibulariaceae
Utricularia

not marked as a favorite taxon Utricularia purpurea Walter. Common name: Purple Bladderwort. Phenology: May-Sep (-Apr). Habitat: In water of ponds, ditches, other slow-moving water. Distribution: NS and QC west to MN, south to NY, n. IN, s. MI, and WI, and on the Coastal Plain south to s. FL, west to se. TX; also in s. Mexico (ROO, TAB), the West Indies, and Central America.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, C, F, Fl6, FNA, G, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tx, Va, WH3, WI, Schnell (2002b), Taylor (1989); = Vesiculina purpurea (Walter) Raf. — S. Basionym: Utricularia purpurea Walter 1788

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Utricularia purpurea© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Utricularia purpurea© Alan Cressler: Utricularia purpurea, SPC Prairie, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Wakulla County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Utricularia purpurea© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Utricularia purpurea© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Utricularia purpurea© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Utricularia purpurea© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Utricularia purpurea© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Utricularia purpurea© Alan Cressler: Utricularia purpurea, Hazard Swamp, Marion County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Utricularia purpurea© Alan Cressler: Utricularia purpurea, Green Canoe Trail, Durdin Prairie, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Charlton County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect but floating, aquatic, carnivorous perennial of ponds, ditches and other sites with slow-moving water; may form small floating mats.

Stems: Stems underwater, with wiry flowering scapes rising above water surface.

Leaves: Leaves underwater, opposite or in whorls of 5-7, divided into many narrow segments tipped with tiny bladder-like traps.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in clusters of 1-5 at top of scape, dark pink to purple, about 1/2 in. long, bilaterally symmetric, tubular with a short, backward-pointing spur; the corolla tube opens to 2 lips, the lower one with a yellow basal spot and divided into 3 lobes.

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Height: 1-8 in.

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description: Erect but floating, aquatic, carnivorous perennial of ponds, ditches and other sites with slow-moving water; may form small floating mats.

stems: Stems underwater, with wiry flowering scapes rising above water surface.

leaves: Leaves underwater, opposite or in whorls of 5-7, divided into many narrow segments tipped with tiny bladder-like traps.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in clusters of 1-5 at top of scape, dark pink to purple, about 1/2 in. long, bilaterally symmetric, tubular with a short, backward-pointing spur; the corolla tube opens to 2 lips, the lower one with a yellow basal spot and divided into 3 lobes.

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