Scientific Name: Utricularia vulgaris (Lentibulariaceae).
English Name: Common Bladderwort or Greater Bladderwort (Butterwort family).
French Name: Utriculaire vulgaire.
5 Key Characters:
Habitat: Still shallow fresh water in full sun.
Flowering Period: June-July-August.
Status: Rare and protected. Not recorded in the Brenne since the 19th century. Can be a conspicuous species in shallow permanent water in the Touraine Loire Valley.
References and Further Reading:
Flore remarquable du Parc naturel régional de la Brenne by Francois Pinet.
The Wild Flower Key by Francis Rose.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
All photos will enlarge in a new window if you click on them. Row 1 surviving in the drought of 2011 in what what left of the Etang de Ribaloche in the Foret de Preuilly, June.
English Name: Common Bladderwort or Greater Bladderwort (Butterwort family).
French Name: Utriculaire vulgaire.
5 Key Characters:- floating stems with oval bladders.
- finely divided threadlike leaves.
- bright yellow flowers.
- upper lip no longer than the 'palate' of the lower lip.
- edges of lower lip turned down.
Habitat: Still shallow fresh water in full sun.
Flowering Period: June-July-August.
Status: Rare and protected. Not recorded in the Brenne since the 19th century. Can be a conspicuous species in shallow permanent water in the Touraine Loire Valley.
References and Further Reading:
Flore remarquable du Parc naturel régional de la Brenne by Francois Pinet.
The Wild Flower Key by Francis Rose.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
All photos will enlarge in a new window if you click on them. Row 1 surviving in the drought of 2011 in what what left of the Etang de Ribaloche in the Foret de Preuilly, June.
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