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Photographer: John D. Draeger
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Family Lentibulariaceae
Utricularia gibba L.
creeping bladderwort, humped bladderwort
Utricularia: from Latin utriculus, "a small bag or bladder," the common name of which is bladderwort
gibba: swollen on one side
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | creeping, annual/perennial, floating aquatic, forming mats near the bottom of shallow water; stems free-floating, tiny, tangling |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/4" long, 2 lipped, thick spur about half as long as the lower lip;  inflorescence a cluster (raceme) of 1-3 stalked flowers |
| Fruit: | pods |
| Leaf: | a few scattered on the stems, often 1- or 2- times forked, few bladders, alternate |
| Habitat: | shores, shallows |
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