Difference between revisions of "Utricularia radiata"
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==Description== <!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. --> | ==Description== <!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. --> | ||
− | ''Utricularia radiata'' is a dioecious annual or perennial that grows as a forb/herb.<ref name="USDA"/> Seedlings lack cotyledons.<ref name="Kondo et al 1978">Kondo K, Segawa M, Nehire K (1978) Anatomical studies on seeds and seedlings of some ''Utricularia'' (Lentibulariaceae). Brittonia 30(1):89-95</ref> It has inflated conspicuous petioles and floats on top of water.<ref name="Carr 1940">Further notes on coastal floral elements in the bogs of Augusta County, Virginia. Rhodora 42(495):86-93.</ref> | + | ''Utricularia radiata'' is a dioecious annual or perennial that grows as a forb/herb.<ref name="USDA"/> Seedlings lack cotyledons.<ref name="Kondo et al 1978">Kondo K, Segawa M, Nehire K (1978) Anatomical studies on seeds and seedlings of some ''Utricularia'' (Lentibulariaceae). Brittonia 30(1):89-95.</ref> It has inflated conspicuous petioles and floats on top of water.<ref name="Carr 1940">Further notes on coastal floral elements in the bogs of Augusta County, Virginia. Rhodora 42(495):86-93.</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:03, 15 February 2018
Utricularia radiata | |
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Photo by Fred Nation hosted at Atlas of Florida Plants | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
Order: | Scrophulariales |
Family: | Lentibulariaceae |
Genus: | Utricularia |
Species: | U. radiata |
Binomial name | |
Utricularia radiata Small | |
Natural range of Utricularia radiata from USDA NRCS Plants Database. |
Common Names: floating bladderwort; small swollen bladderwort;[1] little floating bladderwort[2]
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonym: U. inflata var. minor[1]
Description
Utricularia radiata is a dioecious annual or perennial that grows as a forb/herb.[2] Seedlings lack cotyledons.[3] It has inflated conspicuous petioles and floats on top of water.[4]
Distribution
This species occurs from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Maine, southward to southern Florida, westward to Texas, and disjunct in western Virginia, western Tennessee, and northwestern Indiana. Reports of it occurring in Cuba and South America are in error according to Weakley.[1]
Ecology
Habitat
U. radiata occurs in ponds, depression ponds, lakes, and ditches.[1]
Phenology
In the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, U. radiata flowers from may through November.[1]
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 USDA NRCS (2016) The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 15 February 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
- ↑ Kondo K, Segawa M, Nehire K (1978) Anatomical studies on seeds and seedlings of some Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae). Brittonia 30(1):89-95.
- ↑ Further notes on coastal floral elements in the bogs of Augusta County, Virginia. Rhodora 42(495):86-93.