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Photographer: Eric J. Epstein
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Family Lentibulariaceae
Utricularia purpurea Walter
eastern purple bladderwort, spotted bladderwort
Utricularia: from Latin utriculus, "a small bag or bladder," the common name of which is bladderwort
purpurea: from Greek for "purple"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | annual/perennial, floating aquatic; submersed stems up to 40" long |
| Flower: | purple to red-purple, 5-parted, 1/2" long, 2 lipped; lower lip 3-lobed, with a yellow spot, and a spur shorter than the lip;  inflorescence 1-4 stalked flowers in a cluster (raceme) held 1"-6" above the water; blooms July-Sept. |
| Leaf: | whorls of 5-7 filament-like segments, many tips with bladders |
| Habitat: | soft, quiet water from shallow to more than 10' deep |
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