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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Utricularia inflata
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia inflata
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-02-005a:
Utricularia inflata var. inflata FAMILY Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Utricularia inflata
COMMON NAME:
Swollen Bladderwort, Inflated Bladderwort, Floating Bladderwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_utin_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmuinflata_echaw1
May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Peduncle with whorl of inflated, leaf-like, fusiform organs (floats), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmuinflata_echaw2
May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Inflated stalk & rachis form a flotation device supporting flowering stalk, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
COMPARE
aquatic plants
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Utricularia inflata
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia inflata
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-02-005a:
Utricularia inflata var. inflata
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Utricularia inflata
2350
Floating aquatic (without true roots); Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Ponds, lakes, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple: dissected into linear segments
Whorled & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (usually)
2 fertile stamens, occasionally 2 staminodia
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p336
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p411
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p481
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p111
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p095
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p234
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p249
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p254
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p283
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