HORNED BLADDERWORT 



Scientific name: Utviciilaria cormita. 



Identifying features: Grows in moist soil. 

 Plant body consists of green threadlike 

 masses, the tips of which may protrude 

 above the soil, giving the surface a green 

 appearance. Bladders grow beneath the 

 surface, are tiny, inconspicuous. Flowers 

 are yellow, the hornlike spur longer than 

 the height of the upper portion of the 

 flower. Stalks grow to 15 inches long, 

 sometimes longer, and are green. 



Flowering period: Late April through 

 summer. 



Distribution: Northeastern United States 

 and adjacent Canada south to southern 

 Florida, west to Texas. 



Habitat: Bogs, wet savannas, sandy 

 swales, wet sandy ditches, sandy pond 

 edges, wet flatwoods. 



Distribution in forest: Throughout. 



Abundance in forest: Occasional. Less common than the very similar rush blad- 

 derwort. 



Other information: This species and the rush bladderwort are very similar. The 

 green flower stalk of this species differentiates it from the reddish-stalked rush 

 bladderwort. 



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