POND BLADDERWORT 



Scientific name: Utricularia floridana. 



Identifying features: Plant body is submerged in water or muddy slurries, a 

 bleached stem is embedded in the bottom producing cylindrical branches that 

 extend upward in the water. Flowers are yellow, 1/2 to 2/3 inch across, 10 to 20 

 per flowering stalk. The stalk is curved or s-shaped. 



Flowering period: May through September. 



Distribution: Coastal Plain of South Carolina to central peninsular Florida, west 

 to southwestern Alabama. 



Habitat: Ponds, especially open sites with shallow water, beaver ponds, shallow 

 sinkhole lakes. 



Distribution in forest: Scattered where suitable undisturbed ponds remain. 

 Abundance in forest: Uncommon. 



Other information: This species seems to crop up here and there and then dis- 

 appear. It is easily identified by the large number of flowers and the curved flow- 

 ering stalk. 



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