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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Utricularia resupinata
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
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Read more about Northeastern Bladderwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia resupinata
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lecticula resupinata
COMMON NAME:
Northeastern Bladderwort, Resupinate Bladderwort, Lavender Bladderwort
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Keith Bradley kab_u_resupinata_5238
December Lee County FL
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve
Lavender Bladderwort is terrestrial or aquatic, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Utricularia resupinata
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia resupinata
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lecticula resupinata
4081
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods, pond margins, shores of natural lakes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Coastal Plain of North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Leaves absent or simple linear grass-like aerial leaves
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pinkish-lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (usually)
2 fertile stamens, occasionally 2 staminodia
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p254
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p297
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