RUSH BLADDERWORT 



Scientific name: Utricularia juncea. 



Identifying features: Grows in moist 

 soil. Plant body consists of green thread- 

 like masses, the tips of which may pro- 

 trude above the soil, forming a green 

 mat. Bladders grow beneath the soil, are 

 tiny, inconspicuous. Flowers are yellow; 

 the hornlike spur is about as long as the 

 height of the upper portion of the flower; 

 stalks grow to 15 inches long, some- 

 times longer, tinged with red. Many 

 flowers produced late in the season do 

 not open fully. 



Flowering period: Late April through 

 summer. 



Distribution: Northeastern United 

 States south to southern Florida, west 

 to Texas and Arkansas. 



Habitat: Bogs, wet savannas, sandy 



swales, wet sandy ditches, sandy pond edges, wet flatwoods. 



Distribution in forest: Throughout. 



Abundance in forest: Common. More often encountered than the very similar 

 homed bladderwort. 



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

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

 homed bladderwort. 



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