Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

2351
Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Lentibulariaceae
Utricularia juncea

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Lentibulariaceae
Utricularia juncea

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Lentibulariaceae
170-02-003
Utricularia juncea

Common Name:
Southern Bladderwort

Forb
Annual/Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in NC & SC)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it on shores of limesink ponds (dolines), borrow pits, wet sands, per Weakley's Flora



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...Wet

Leaves:
Simple: Sparsely dissected

Flower:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped or lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (usually)
2 stamens

Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Wildflowers of the Eastern US p095




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Patrick D. McMillan      pdmujuncea_aiken1


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Aiken County SC

 

"The term 'taxa' (singular, 'taxon') designates described plant entities and may be used as an alternative to 'species' when there is sufficient disagreement among taxonomists as to whether the plant is a true species or not. If not widely accepted as a distinct species, the plant may be considered a 'variety' or 'forma,' but all such units of identity are still taxa." — Ron Lance, Woody Plants of the Southeastern US, A Winter Guide