Utricularia biflora

Family:LENTIBULARIACEAE
Species:Utricularia biflora Lam.
Common Name:Two Flower Bladderwort; Longspur Creeping Bladderwort
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Two Flower Bladderwort is a native aquatic perennial in the Bladderwort family (Lentibulariaceae). It occurs in shallow water of ponds, lakes, roadside ditches, and slow-moving streams. Two Flower Bladderwort is found throughout Alabama. It is a perennial with free floating stems forming tangled mats. The plants sometimes become stranded due to low water levels. The stems are green in color. Leaves are alternate, linear, flattened, and forked twice. 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 1-3 flowered racemes held above the water’s surface. Individual flowers are stalked with a small, green, ovate bract subtending the pedicel. The corolla is bright yellow in color, 2-lipped, with the upper lip larger and 3-lobed and the lower lip un-lobed or with an irregular margin. The lower lip is equal to or slightly shorter than the horn-shaped spur. The fruit is a round capsule. Two Flower Bladderwort is very similar to Humped Bladderwort (Utricularia gibba Linnaeus), and is included in that species by many authors. It differs in having slightly larger flowers, a longer spur, and leaves usually forked twice.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyLENTIBULARIACEAE - Bladderwort family
Genus Utricularia
Species Utricularia biflora Lam. - Two Flower Bladderwort; Longspur Creeping Bladderwort

Citation

Citation Utricularia biflora Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. 1: 50. 1791.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Fraser s.n. (holotype: P).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Utricularia pumila    

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: Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Calhoun, Clay, Covington, Escambia, Etowah, Geneva, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lee, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
AUA000043864 Lee 11 Aug 2018 Taylor, Chris T.
CSP-511
AUA
Utricularia Biflora Lam.
ALNHS00008459 Montgomery 18 Aug 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3303
ALNHS
Utricularia biflora Lam.
USAM000008054 Mobile 24 Apr 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9191
USAM
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
JSU129429 Talladega 9 Apr 1981 Whetstone, R. David
10696
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
JSU129421 Escambia 17 Jun 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4162
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
UWAL0045730 Mobile 22 May 1980 Dowling
946
UWAL
Utricularia biflora Lam.
TROY000049756 Geneva 25 Aug 2016 Byrd, Cameron
1
TROY
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
UWAL0016367 Montgomery 24 Jul 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25370
UWAL
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
ALNHS00006110 Montgomery 18 Aug 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3303
ALNHS
Utricularia biflora Lam.
UWAL0001570 Hale 26 Sep 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6169
UWAL
Utricularia biflora Lam.
SAMF0004963 Pike 24 Jul 1986 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2503
SAMF
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
JSU129431 Talladega 5 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11896A
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
JSU129426 Randolph 11 Oct 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3242
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
SAMF0004961 Walker 18 Jul 2008 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3888
SAMF
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
ALNHS00000175 Mobile 29 Aug 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10411
ALNHS
Utricularia biflora Lam.
UWAL0035588 Mobile 12 Jul 2014 Horne, Howard E.
2641
UWAL
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
TROY000049386 Escambia 18 Aug 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29055
TROY
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
JSU129419 Calhoun 10 Sep 1995 Hruska, Susan E.
917
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
USAM000008055 Mobile 08 Jul 1969 LeLong, Michel G.
5153
USAM
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
TROY000021151 Winston 01 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
969
TROY
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
JSU129428 Randolph 19 Aug 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
2814
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
AUA_ACC_71890 Baldwin 9 May 2008 Davenport, L.J.
3822
AUA
Utricularia Biflora Lam.
ALNHS00008460 Montgomery 18 Aug 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3303
ALNHS
Utricularia biflora Lam.
AUA000042457 Covington 19 Jun 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP1061
AUA
Utricularia Biflora Lam.
JSU129423 Jackson 21 Sep 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10076
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
JSU129422 Etowah 14 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3040
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
SAMF0004959 Baldwin 09 May 2008 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3822
SAMF
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
JSU129416 Bibb 16 Aug 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
3203
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
JSU129424 Marshall 30 Jul 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2468
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
UWAL0006603 Winston 01 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
969
UWAL
Utricularia biflora Lam.
UWAL0006601 Sumter 23 Jun 1982 Long, Jackie
13
UWAL
Utricularia biflora Lam.
TROY000031836 Baldwin 09 May 2009 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3822
TROY
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
TROY000021153 Hale 07 Jun 1994 Mann, Carroll J.
128
TROY
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
UWAL0046059 Autauga 07 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1186
UWAL
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
UWAL0018375 Baldwin 03 May 1987 Kral, Robert
73902
UWAL
Utricularia biflora Lam.
TROY000048135 Autauga 07 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1186
TROY
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
JSU129417 Etowah 4 Sep 1995 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M.
4320
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
SAMF0004964 Jefferson 22 Aug 1985 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2410
SAMF
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
TROY000040705 Montgomery 24 Jul 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25370
TROY
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
ALNHS00005086 Baldwin 10 MAY 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3039
ALNHS
Utricularia biflora Lam.
SAMF0004962 Jefferson 23 Jul 2009 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3974
SAMF
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
TROY000046150 Butler 06 Oct 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23498
TROY
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
JSU129427 Perry 16 Aug 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
3183
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
JSU129425 Mobile 29 Aug 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10411
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
UWAL0006602 Walker 18 Jul 2008 Davenport, L.J.
3888
UWAL
Utricularia biflora Lam.
ALNHS00001435 Covington 27 Sep 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#810
ALNHS
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
JSU129430 Talladega 9 Sep 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4910
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
SAMF0004960 Tuscaloosa 06 Sep 1982 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2318
SAMF
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
ALNHS00004379 Russell 04 Nov 2016 Taylor, Chris T.
SP#2745
ALNHS
Utricularia biflora Lam.
JSU129420 Clay 12 Jul 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2944
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
JSU129418 Calhoun 20 Jul 1995 Hruska, Susan E.
787
JSU
Utricularia biflora Lamarck
UWAL0006599 Baldwin 09 May 2008 Davenport, L.J.
3822
UWAL
Utricularia biflora Lam.
UWAL0006600 Marengo 08 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1383
UWAL
Utricularia biflora Lam.
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