Blooms: June-September
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Under Review
Distribution: Widely distributed throughout Washington; Alaska south to California, east to the Atlantic Coast north of Virginia.
Habitat: Shallow, standing or slowly moving water.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Under Review
Distribution: Widely distributed throughout Washington; Alaska south to California, east to the Atlantic Coast north of Virginia.
Habitat: Shallow, standing or slowly moving water.
Species Description:
General: Submersed plants with very slender stems, often creeping along the bottom.
Leaves: Leaves numerous, alternate, 0.3-1 cm. long, 3-parted and the base, then dichotomously or irregularly 1-3 times divided, the segments slender and flat, the ultimate ones strongly acuminate; bladders borne on the leaves, often few, 1-2 mm. wide.
Flowers: Flowers 2-9 in a lax raceme at the end of an emergent peduncle 4-15 cm. long; calyx deeply 2-lobed, the lobes entire; corolla bilabiate, yellow, the proper tube very short, the spur poorly developed, about half as long as the lower lip; the broad lower lip 4-8 mm. long, the base not raised, scarcely lobed; upper lip about half as long as the lower, shallowly notched; stamens 2, ovary superior.
Fruits: Capsule on a recurved pedicel.
General: Submersed plants with very slender stems, often creeping along the bottom.
Leaves: Leaves numerous, alternate, 0.3-1 cm. long, 3-parted and the base, then dichotomously or irregularly 1-3 times divided, the segments slender and flat, the ultimate ones strongly acuminate; bladders borne on the leaves, often few, 1-2 mm. wide.
Flowers: Flowers 2-9 in a lax raceme at the end of an emergent peduncle 4-15 cm. long; calyx deeply 2-lobed, the lobes entire; corolla bilabiate, yellow, the proper tube very short, the spur poorly developed, about half as long as the lower lip; the broad lower lip 4-8 mm. long, the base not raised, scarcely lobed; upper lip about half as long as the lower, shallowly notched; stamens 2, ovary superior.
Fruits: Capsule on a recurved pedicel.
Accepted Name:
Utricularia minor L.Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Utricularia minor
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Utricularia minor specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Utricularia minor specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Utricularia minor treatment.
E-Flora BC: Utricularia minor atlas page.
CalPhotos: Utricularia minor images.
USDA Plants Database: Utricularia minor.
Dana Visalli
Dana Visalli
Dana Visalli
Ben Legler, 2005
Craig Althen, 2010
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