characteristic features of bladder wort
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Bladderwort, (genus Utricularia), genus of carnivorous plants in the family Lentibulariaceae (order Lamiales). The bladderwort genus contains 220 widely distributed species of plants characterized by small hollow sacs that actively capture and digest tiny animals such as insect larvae, aquatic worms, and water fleas. Bladderworts can be found in lakes, streams, and waterlogged soils around the world, and several are invasive species that have spread to novel habitats.
Bladderwort plants lack roots and usually have a horizontal floating stem bearing simple or divided leaves. Small carnivorous bladders are produced along the stem and can range from dark to transparent in colour. The flowers are bisexual and bilaterally symmetrical (two-lipped), with two sepals, five fused petals, two stamens, and a superior ovary (i.e., positioned above the attachment point of the other flower parts) composed of two ovule-bearing segments (carpels). Each plant produces many seeds at maturity.
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Physical Characteristics
Leaves:
Small and linear
Whorls of 4 to 10
Bladder-like trap with a few trigger hairs at their opening
Valve-like action for trapping micro-organisms
Stems:
Slender
About 0.52 inches long
less then 1/16 in. thick
Delicate
Sometimes submersed
Flowers:
2 sepals
Lower lip usually 3-lobed
Upright upper lip
2 stamen
Anthers close together
Yellow or rose-purple
Very fragrant
Not crowded
Sometimes inflated to serve as floats
Seeds:
Brown, shiny, rigid