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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Utricularia olivacea
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia olivacea
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Utricularia olivacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Utricularia olivacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Utricularia olivacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-02-010:
Utricularia olivacea FAMILY Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Biovularia olivacea
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Bladderwort, Minute Bladderwort
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Utricularia olivacea
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Utricularia olivacea
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Utricularia olivacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Utricularia olivacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Utricularia olivacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-02-010:
Utricularia olivacea
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Biovularia olivacea
4941
Floating aquatic (without true roots); Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: In floating mats (often algal) in water of limesink ponds (dolines), artificial lakes or beaver ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White or creamy-white
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (usually)
2 stamens & 2 minute staminodia
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule
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