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Purple Bladderwort

Utricularia purpurea

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 New York.January 30, February 30, March 40, April 70, May 121, June 59, July 44, August 40, September 47, October 43, November 30, December 27.
United States4,078
Canada847
New York582
Ontario491
Massachusetts421
New Hampshire203
Quebec201
Connecticut198
Michigan192
Maine158

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