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Horned Bladderwort

Utricularia cornuta

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 71, February 73, March 116, April 226, May 434, June 204, July 406, August 169, September 146, October 119, November 75, December 67.
United States4,708
Canada3,803
Ontario1,822
Quebec913
Michigan669
New York566
Maine300
Nova Scotia298
Vermont257
Massachusetts248

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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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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