Utricularia purpurea

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Family:LENTIBULARIACEAE
Species:Utricularia purpurea Walter
Common Name:Purple Bladderwort
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:UTPU
Plant Notes:Purple Bladderwort is a native aquatic annual or perennial in the Bladderwort family (Lentibulariaceae). It occurs in acidic ponds, lakes, and slow-moving streams. Purple Bladderwort is found primarily in tannin-rich waters in southern Alabama. It is a perennial with free floating stems in shallow water. The stems are purplish or pale green in color. Leaves are whorled, flattened, and divided into 5-7 linear segments. Small hollow traps (bladders) are produced along the margins of the leaf segments. The bladders are hollow with a hinged lid. The plant pumps the water out of the bladder trap creating negative pressure. There are bristle like “triggers” located near the opening. When a small animal touches the bristles, the lid of the trap opens inward, sucking in water and the animal. The lid then closes and the prey is digested. Flowers are produced on 1-5 flowered racemes held above the water’s surface. Individual flowers are stalked. The corolla is pinkish-purple in color, 2-lipped, with the lower lip 3-lobed. The upper lip is smaller than the lower lip. The lower lip has a white and yellow spot at its base and is equal to or slightly longer than the curved horn-shaped white spur. The fruit is a round capsule. Purple Bladderwort traps often are dark in color and seem to be non-functional. They contain colonies of bacteria, algae, diatoms, and other micro-organisms that may provide the plant with nutrients in a mutualistic relationship. In cold climates Purple Bladderwort is an annual that produces small buds called turions that drop to the bottom and overwinter in the mud.--A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyLENTIBULARIACEAE - Bladderwort family
Genus Utricularia
Species Utricularia purpurea Walter - Purple Bladderwort

Citation

Citation Utricularia purpurea Walter, Fl. Carol. 64. 1788.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston Co.: 6 mi. NW of McClellanville, 4 Aug 1939, Godfrey & Tryon 1097 (neotype: GH; isoneotypes: BH, CA, CAS, DUKE, F, MO, US). Neotypified by D.B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 484. 2008.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Utricularia saccata Utricularia saccata Leconte ex Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 21. 1816, nom. illegit.Utricularia purpurea Walter 1788. 
Utricularia violacea Utricularia violacea Barton, Fl. Virgin. 6. 1812, nom. illegit. et non R. Brown 1810.Utricularia purpurea Walter 1788. 
Vesiculina saccata Vesiculina saccata Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 109. 1838 ("1836"), nom. illegit.Utricularia saccata Leconte ex Elliott 1816, nom. illegit.; Utricularia purpurea Walter 1788. 
Vesiculina purpurea Vesiculina purpurea (Walter) Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 109. 1838 ("1836").Utricularia purpurea Walter 1788. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Clay, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Geneva, Jefferson, Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1885 - 1998

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00045719 Geneva 10 May 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11166		 UNA
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
UWAL0036351 Mobile 01 Jul 2017 Horne, Howard E.
3995		 UWAL
Utricularia purpurea Walter
ALNHS00005001 Baldwin 10 May 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3087		 ALNHS
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
UNA00043093 Covington 03 Oct 1981 Forster, Wendy R.
173		 UNA
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
AUA_ACC_13952 Baldwin 1 Apr 1965 MERRITT, WAYNE
 AUA
UTRICULARIA PURPUREA WALT.
ALNHS00008792 Baldwin 10 May 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3087		 ALNHS
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
UNA00043091 Baldwin 30 Apr 1978 Harvey, Denise
325		 UNA
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
TROY000047016 Covington 28 Jun 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28384		 TROY
Utricularia purpurea Walter
UNA00043088 Baldwin 08 Jul 1885 McNeill, Wm.
s.n.		 UNA
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
UWAL0043846 Baldwin 13 May 2003 West, Chan
1240		 UWAL
Utricularia purpurea Walter
ALNHS00001439 Mobile 10 Oct 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#851		 ALNHS
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
UNA00043084 Clay 01 Jul 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7359		 UNA
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
USAM000008073 Mobile 24 Jun 1969 LeLong, Michel G.
5130		 USAM
Utricularia purpurea Walter
JSU129450 Mobile 28 Mar 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3420		 JSU
Utricularia purpurea Walter
TROY000020862 Covington s.d. unknown
s.n.		 TROY
Utricularia purpurea Walter
SAMF0008325 Mobile 07 Apr 2023 Frings, David M.
s.n.		 SAMF
Utricularia purpurea Walter
ALNHS00006013 Covington 10 Jul 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4069		 ALNHS
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
UWAL0054308 Mobile 23 Oct 2020 Keener, Brian R.
12069		 UWAL
Utricularia purpurea Walter
UWAL0033721 Baldwin 03 Jun 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9664		 UWAL
Utricularia purpurea Walter
UWAL0033720 Baldwin 03 Jun 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9664		 UWAL
Utricularia purpurea Walter
ALNHS00005978 Baldwin 10 May 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3087		 ALNHS
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
ALNHS00001519 Baldwin 12 Sep 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#783		 ALNHS
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
UNA00043087 Conecuh 08 Aug 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7557		 UNA
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
USAM000008074 Mobile 23 Jul 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
12182		 USAM
Utricularia purpurea Walter
AUA_ACC_57359 Covington 27 Aug 1996 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
10503		 AUA
UTRICULARIA PURPUREA WALT.
AUA000044547 Covington 1 Sep 2021 SCHOTZ, ALFRED
2258		 AUA
UTRICULARIA PURPUREA WALT.
AUA_ACC_35167 Covington 8 Jun 1979 COGGINS, W.A.
 AUA
UTRICULARIA PURPUREA WALT.
UNA00050308 Clay 19 Aug 1980 Whetstone, R.D.
10197		 UNA
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
TROY000047027 Covington 28 Jun 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28387		 TROY
Utricularia purpurea Walter
AUA_ACC_2588 Baldwin 1 May 1965 BROWN, JIMMY E.
13		 AUA
UTRICULARIA PURPUREA WALT.
JSU129448 Jefferson 20 Jul 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
853		 JSU
Utricularia purpurea Walter
JSU129451 Mobile 28 Mar 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
1205		 JSU
Utricularia purpurea Walter
ALNHS00008972 Mobile 08 May 1992 Oberholster, Chris
CO#382		 ALNHS
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
JSU129447 Clay 19 Aug 1980 Whetstone, R. David
10197		 JSU
Utricularia purpurea Walter
ALNHS00008381 Mobile 16 May 2023 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#6074		 ALNHS
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
AUA000040482 Covington 31 May 2012 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
5602		 AUA
UTRICULARIA PURPUREA WALT.
AUA_ACC_43948 Conecuh 24 May 1985 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
707		 AUA
UTRICULARIA PURPUREA WALT.
UNA00043090 Baldwin 24 May 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
7810		 UNA
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
UNA00043094 Coffee 15 Jun 1979 Wiersema, John H.
938		 UNA
Utricularia purpurea Walt.
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