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Small Swollen Bladderwort

Utricularia radiata

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 20, February 20, March 27, April 47, May 81, June 40, July 30, August 27, September 32, October 29, November 20, December 18.
United States2,357
New York392
Massachusetts339
Vermont229
New Hampshire215
Canada184
Connecticut145
Maine130
Texas108
Mississippi76

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