OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Slender Bladderwort, Zigzag Bladderwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia subulata   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia subulata   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia subulata 170-02-001   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

 

Habitat: Moist sands or peats of various kinds of acidic wetlands, including wet pine savannas and flatwoods, shores of limesink ponds (dolines), borrow pits, ditches

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Horned Bladderwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia cornuta   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia cornuta   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia cornuta 170-02-002   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

 

Habitat: Saturated peaty soils of shores of limesink ponds (dolines), bogs, fens, wet barrens

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Southern Bladderwort, Slender Horned Bladderwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia juncea   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia juncea   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia juncea 170-02-003   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

 

Habitat: Shores of limesink ponds (dolines), borrow pits, wet sands

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Purple Bladderwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia purpurea   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia purpurea   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia purpurea 170-02-004   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

 

Habitat: In water of ponds, ditches, other slow-moving water

Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Swollen Bladderwort, Inflated Bladderwort, Floating Bladderwort

Weakley's Flora: (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): Utricularia inflata var. inflata 170-02-005a   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

 

Habitat: Ponds, lakes, ditches

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Small Swollen Bladderwort, Floating Bladderwort, little floating bladderwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia radiata   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia radiata   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia inflata var. minor 170-02-005b   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

 

Habitat: Ponds, depression ponds, lakes, and ditches

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Greater Bladderwort, Common Bladderwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia macrorhiza   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia macrorhiza   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia vulgaris 170-02-006   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

 

Habitat: Pools and ponds

Rare

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon Common Name: Shortspur Creeping Bladderwort, Humped Bladderwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia gibba   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Utricularia gibba   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia gibba 170-02-007   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

 

Habitat: Ponds, lakes, and diches

Common in Coastal Plain, rare in GA Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia biflora   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Utricularia gibba   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia biflora 170-02-008   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

 

Habitat: Ponds, lakes, and diches

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Fibrous Bladderwort, Striped Bladderwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia striata   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia striata   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia fibrosa 170-02-009   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

 

Habitat: Ponds, lakes, and ditches

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Dwarf Bladderwort, Minute Bladderwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Utricularia olivacea   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia olivacea   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Utricularia olivacea 170-02-010   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

 

Habitat: In floating mats (often algal) in water of limesink ponds (dolines), artificial lakes or beaver ponds

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Flatstem Bladderwort, Leafy Bladderwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Utricularia foliosa   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia foliosa   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

 

Habitat: In deep water of natural lakes and ponds

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Northeastern Bladderwort, Resupinate Bladderwort, Lavender Bladderwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia resupinata   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia resupinata   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods, pond margins, shores of natural lakes

Rare

Native to Coastal Plain of North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Fringed Bladderwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Utricularia simulans   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Utricularia simulans   FAMILY: Lentibulariaceae

 

Habitat: Seasonally wet pine flatwoods

Native: Florida

 


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"Some species have flowers that are unisexual, that is, they have either stamens (staminate flowers) or pistils (pistillate flowers) but not both together." — Lawrence Newcomb, Newcomb's Wildflower Guide