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

	plants delicate; NOT [plants coarse]
	stems creeping on bottom in shallow water; NOT [stems either submersed or floating]
	stem less than 0.5 mm thick; NOT [stem at least 0.5 mm thick]
	leaves and bladders born on the same branch; NOT [leaves and bladders born on separate branches]
	leaves readily seen; NOT [leaves obscure]
	leaves finely dissected; NOT [leaves thread-like, simple]
	leaves flattened; NOT [leaves terete, capillary]
	bladders readily seen; NOT [bladders minute]
	bladders few; NOT [bladders abundant]
	flower stalks recurved; NOT [flower stalks ascending]
	flowers 3-8 mm long;  NOT [flowers 10-25 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]