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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Utricularia purpurea Walter
Eastern purple bladderwort (Florida Atlas, PLANTS)

Utricularia purpurea
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Lentibulariaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Freshwater Aquatic

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica), North America, Mexico and Central America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Other data on Utricularia purpurea available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

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Utricularia purpurea
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Utricularia purpurea
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Utricularia purpurea
Copyright by: Shirley Denton