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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Lentibulariaceae
Utricularia geminiscapa Benj.
hidden-fruited bladderwort, twin-stemmed bladderwort
Utricularia: from Latin utriculus, "a small bag or bladder," the common name of which is bladderwort
geminiscapa: geminus for "Gemini - paired;" scapus for "stem" as in "scape"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | annual/perennial, floating aquatic; stems leafy, loosely floating just below the water surface |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 2 lipped, small, some not opening, lower lip 1/4"-1/3" and with a sickle-like spur;  usually solitary on each stalk; blooms July-Aug. |
| Leaf: | finely divided, leaf-like branches, forking 3-7 times, with scattered bladders, no midrib, alternate |
| Habitat: | quiet water |
| Notes: | similar to U. vulgaris but much smaller |
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