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Hidden-fruit Bladderwort

Utricularia geminiscapa

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 8, February 8, March 13, April 26, May 50, June 23, July 17, August 16, September 17, October 14, November 9, December 8.
United States958
Canada598
Ontario208
Quebec193
New York145
Michigan119
New Jersey109
Nova Scotia109
Massachusetts99
Pennsylvania91

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.From its classification

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Carnivorous plantDescends from a plant lineage whose members are carnivorous plants.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybladderwort family · Lentibulariaceae
GenusBladderworts · Utricularia

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Remember the name next time.

Practise Hidden-fruit Bladderwort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.