MUD BLADDERWORT 



Scientific name: Utricularia gibba. 



Identifying features: The plant body is 

 submerged in water or stranded on mud 

 of drying ponds and swamps. The plant 

 often forms dense, intertwined, matlike 

 masses that may be confused with algae. 

 Flowers are yellow, 2 to 3 per stalk, rang- 

 ing in size from 1/4 to more than 1/3 inch 

 across; stalk grows to 4 inches long. 



Flowering period: Late April through 

 summer. 



Distribution: Eastern North America, 

 west to Texas, and the Pacific Northwest. 



Habitat: Swampy ponds, ditches. Often 

 grows among dense mats of other aquatic 

 plants. 



Distribution in forest: Throughout. 

 Abundance in forest: Common. 



Otiier information: This is the most common aquatic yellow-flowered bladder- 

 wort. It has smaller flowers than the other two aquatic yellow-flowered species 

 of the forest. This species was previously thought to be two species. Types for- 

 merly called Utricularia biflora are now considered to be this species. 



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