Utricularia radiata
| 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 | |
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| Natural range of Utricularia radiata from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common Names: floating bladderwort; small swollen bladderwort;[1] little floating bladderwort[2]
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Taxonomic Notes
Synonym: U. inflata var. minor[1]
Description
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]
