Utricularia intermedia
 
Flat-Leaved Bladderwort

Stem

6.5 km North on Silica Sands Road, East of Hudson Bay
07-July-2021

Note that some stem sections contain only bladders while other stem sections contain only leaves.  This is different from U. macrorhiza where bladders and leaves occur together in the same stem sections.

Intermedia: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species. 

stems creeping on bottom in shallow water; NOT [stems either submersed or floating]

leaves and bladders born on separate branches; NOT [leaves and bladders born on the same branch]

leaves readily seen; NOT [leaves obscure]

leaves finely dissected; NOT [leaves thread-like, simple]

bladders readily seen; NOT [bladders minute];

flower stalks ascending; NOT [flower stalks recurved]

flowers 10-15 mm long; NOT [flowers 3-8 mm long], NOT [flowers 15-25 mm long]

 

Utricularia: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 

plants floating on or submersed in water; NOT [land plants]

leaves not in a basal rosette

leaves usually dissected; NOT [leaves entire]

leaves bearing small bladders

flowers several in a raceme above water; NOT [flowers solitary]

calyx with 2 sepals; NOT [calyx with 5 sepals]

flowers yellow; NOT [flowers bluish violet]

 

Lentibulariaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family. 

herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

plants green or with some chlorophyll

plants aquatic

flowers NOT in heads or spikes

corolla irregular; NOT [corolla regular]

corolla spurred

ovary superior; NOT [ovary inferior]