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Utricularia purpurea
swamps, lakes, and ponds
This stunning little aquatic weed was blooming along the trail in Big Cypress National Preserve today. It took me a while to find ID, as I didn't realize it was an aquatic. It was blooming in mud among grasses. There wasn't much water today (about ankle deep) in some pools in middle of trail. In the last pic you if you follow stem down from flower you can see the drying plant which looks like branching veins, or the inner structure of the lungs. There's a nice little video in ref. site.
Spotted on Mar 24, 2014
Submitted on Mar 25, 2014
4 Comments
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Thank you so much! This is such a beautiful plant, I hope to see one in the wild too.
My pleasure. Added.
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