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Eastern purple bladderwort

Utricularia purpurea

Photo by LivanEscudero
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Field Notes

Habitat:

swamps, lakes, and ponds

Notes:

This stunning little aquatic weed was blooming along the trail in Big Cypress National Preserve today. It took me a while to find ID, as I didn't realize it was an aquatic. It was blooming in mud among grasses. There wasn't much water today (about ankle deep) in some pools in middle of trail. In the last pic you if you follow stem down from flower you can see the drying plant which looks like branching veins, or the inner structure of the lungs. There's a nice little video in ref. site.

Reference Links:

Eastern purple bladderwort | Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

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Comments (4)
Machi
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
Machi
Thank you so much! This is such a beautiful plant, I hope to see one in the wild too.
Machi
Please consider adding this and any other applicable spottings to my mission: Carnivorous Plants of Florida http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1697846021

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Flowers of North America
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Carnivorous Plants of Florida
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PublishedMarch 25, 2014

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