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Photographer: Andrew Hipp
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Family Lentibulariaceae
Utricularia intermedia Hayne
flat-leaved bladderwort, northern bladderwort
Utricularia: from Latin utriculus, "a small bag or bladder," the common name of which is bladderwort
intermedia: intermediate, indicating an observation that a species was probably considered as being halfway or partway between two others with regard to some particular characteristic, e.g. tall, short, and "intermediate"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | creeping annual, 3"-10" tall, floating aquatic; stems floating under shallow water, bladders only on leafless branches |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/2" long, 2 lipped, lower lip twice as long as the upper, spur almost equal the lower lip;  inflorescence usually 2-4 stalked flowers in sagging clusters (racemes); blooms July-Aug. |
| Leaf: | many, finely-divided, forking 3-7 times, alternate, flattened, with a midrib |
| Habitat: | lakes, ponds, ditches |
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