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Utricularia inflata
Flower Stalk: 8 in. Flowers: 3/4 in yellow, 2-lippedon erect stalk that rises above water on a wheel-like float of 6- 8 inflated leafstalks. Carnivorous; Air bladders on submerged leaves suck in minute prey. Blooms: June- August
Still water, bogs
Spotted at the Orono Bog boardwalk in the Bangor City Forest, the Orono side. Source: National Audubon Society- Field Guide to New England (by Peter Alden & Brian Cassie)
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