Horned Bladderwort
(Urticularia cornuta)

Family: Bladderwort Family (Lentibulariaceae)

Distinctive features: Small plants growing in bogs/fens. Rooted in mud. No visible leaves or roots. Bright yellow flower.

Similar species:
  •   Flat-leaved Bladderwort (Urticularia intermedia) - floating plant, bladders on a separate stalks.
  •   Common Bladderwort (Urticularia vulgaris) - floating plant, bladders scattered amongst roots.


Flowers: Summer;  Yellow;  Irregular Flowers;  Yellow, on short stalks rising above the water. Summer.

Leaves: No Apparent Leaves;  None or very tiny.

Height: Short, only a few inches tall.

Stem: Short, holding flowers above the water. Tiny leaves visible along stem.

Habitat: Bogs and fens.

Books: Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: 16    Peterson's Field Guide to Wildflowers: 122    ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario: 302   

Native/Non-native: Native

Notes: Please read the Bladderworts page.

Photographs: 109 photographs available, of which 6 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

  

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Flowers. Note the prominent horn hanging straight down. In Common Bladderwort (Urticularia vulgaris), this horn sticks out toward the front of the flower.

Another view of this unusual flower.

A super closeup view.

There is usually one flower per stalk (plant), but often there are two, and sometimes even three.

This is about all that is visible of this plant. The stalk rises straight up from the mud. There are no leaves or roots visible.

This bladderwort does not float like the Common Bladderwort (Urticularia vulgaris) and Flat-leaved Bladderwort (Urticularia intermedia).

A group of Horned Bladderwort in a wet area.
  

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