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NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Utricularia subulata

Slender Bladderwort, Zigzag Bladderwort

Scientific Name:

Utricularia subulata

Genus:

Utricularia

Species Epithet:

subulata

Common Name:

Slender Bladderwort, Zigzag Bladderwort

Plant Type

Herb/Wildflower

Life Cycle

Perennial

Plant Family

Lentibulariaceae (Bladderwort Family)

Native/Alien:

NC Native

Size:

0-1 ft.

Bloom Color(s):

Yellow

Light:

Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day

Soil Moisture:

Wet, Aquatic

Bloom Time:

March, April, May, June, July

Growing Area:

Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain

Habitat Description:

Moist sands or peats of various kinds of acidic wetlands, including wet pine savannas and flatwoods, shores of limesink ponds (dolines), borrow pits, ditches. Rare in NC Mountains and Piedmont, common in Coastal Plain.

Leaf Arrangement:

Alternate, Basal

Leaf Retention:

Deciduous

Leaf Type:

Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like

Leaf Form:

Simple

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Wildlife Value:

No known wildlife value

Landscape Value:

Not Recommended for home landscapes

State Rank:

S4: Apparently secure (*Key)

Global Rank:

G5 - Secure (*Key)

State Status:

W6: Watch List: Regionally Rare (*Key)

Blooms, leaves absent

Down East Carteret County

The Scientific Name is Utricularia subulata. You will likely hear them called Slender Bladderwort, Zigzag Bladderwort. This picture shows the Blooms, leaves absent of Utricularia subulata

Lynda Clay

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record

NC State Extension
 



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