DWARF BLADDERWORT 



Scientific name: Utricularia subulata. 



Identifying features: Grows in moist soil. 

 Plant body is usually entirely beneath the 

 surface, only evident from the flowering 

 stalk. Subterranean bladders are few, tiny, 

 inconspicuous. Flowers are yellow, less 

 than 1/3 inch wide; stalks grow to 4 inches 

 tall. 



Flowering period: April through summer. 



Distribution: Northeastern United States 

 and adjacent Canada, south to southern 

 Florida, west to Texas. 



Habitat: Bogs, wet savannas, wet ditches, 

 drying beaver ponds, muddy ruts, wet 

 flatwoods. 



Distribution in forest: Throughout. 

 Abundance in forest: Abundant. 



Other information: By far the smallest of the bladderworts known from the 

 Conecuh National Forest. It appears to be little more than a flower on a stalk. It is 

 the most common terrestrial species in the area. 



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