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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Utricularia biflora   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia gibba   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-02-008:

Utricularia biflora   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Utricularia pumila

 

COMMON NAME:
Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort


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Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_utricularia_biflora1

August    Scotland County    NC

image of Utricularia biflora, Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_utricularia_biflora3

August    Scotland County    NC

This species may not be distinct from U. gibba, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Utricularia biflora, Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm161028_001

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Utricularia biflora, Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm161028_001b

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Spur conical, 5-9mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Utricularia biflora, Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm161028_002

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Leaves usually forked twice, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Utricularia biflora, Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm161028_006

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Utricularia biflora, Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm161028_988

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Utricularia biflora, Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm161028_992

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Utricularia biflora, Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm161028_992b

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Utricularia biflora, Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm161028_994

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Corolla yellow. Spur slender, 5-9mm long, equaling or exceeding lower lip, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Utricularia biflora, Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm161028_995

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Utricularia biflora, Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm161028_995b

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Utricularia biflora, Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm161028_997b

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Leaves all bladder-bearing, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Utricularia biflora, Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm161028_999

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Utricularia biflora, Longspur Creeping Bladderwort, Twoflower Bladderwort

JK Marlow    jkm161028_999b

October    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Scapes 1-4 flowered, usually 2, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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) 170-02-008:
Utricularia biflora   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Utricularia pumila

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4057

Floating aquatic (without true roots); Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: Ponds, lakes, and diches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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LEAVES:
Developed leaves with 3+ segments, leaves usually forked twice
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (usually)
2 fertile stamens, occasionally 2 staminodia
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Brown
Capsule

 

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