North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, and Trees

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Lentibulariaceae > Utricularia (bladderwart)

Common Bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza) Common Bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza)
Missoula Co., MT
18 July 2013

In North Carolina, this bladderwort species is rare, known from a few counties in the coastal plain.

Common Bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza) Common Bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza)
Missoula Co., MT
18 July 2013

Formerly known as Utricularia vulgaris, which is an old world species.

Common Bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza) Common Bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza)
Missoula Co., MT
18 July 2013

Note the bladders which capture prey for this carnivorous plant.


Southern Bladderwort (Utricularia juncea) Southern Bladderwort (Utricularia juncea)
Sandhills Game Land, Scotland Co., NC
4 Aug 2016

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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