Utricularia intermedia
 
Flat-Leaved Bladderwort

Bladder Bottom

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

The bladders will commonly ingest small prey such as water fleas, rotifers and small insect larvae.

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]