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Striped Bladderwort

Utricularia striata

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 Jersey.January 6, February 6, March 7, April 11, May 20, June 36, July 26, August 8, September 9, October 11, November 6, December 5.
United States334
New Jersey99
North Carolina57
South Carolina50
Georgia25
Alabama23
Mississippi16
Louisiana14
New York13
Pennsylvania3

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
  • 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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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