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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Utricularia gibba L.
Cone-spur bladderwort, Humped bladderwort

Utricularia gibba
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Lentibulariaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Widespread in North America, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and the Old World in both temperate and tropical regions.

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Presumed Extirpated

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Presumed Extirpated

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Presumed Extirpated

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Collected on Big Pine Key in 1954 by E.P. Killip (44264, FLAS) and reported for Big Pine Key by Franklin (1968). We treat this as presumed extirpated in the lower Keys.

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Utricularia gibba
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Utricularia gibba
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Utricularia gibba
Copyright by: Shirley Denton