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.
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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© Alan Cressler: Utricularia purpurea, SPC Prairie, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Wakulla County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan Cressler: Utricularia purpurea, Hazard Swamp, Marion County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Utricularia purpurea, Green Canoe Trail, Durdin Prairie, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Charlton County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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Horticultural Information
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.
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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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