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Florida Purple Bladderwort
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Bladderworts

Florida Purple Bladderwort

Utricularia amethystina Salzm. ex A.St.-Hil. & Girard

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishFlorida Purple Bladderwort
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese紫晶挖耳草
Scientific nameUtricularia amethystina Salzm. ex A.St.-Hil. & Girard

About this species

Utricularia amethystina, the Florida purple bladderwort, is a variable species of terrestrial bladderwort native to Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Peru, and south-west Florida. The small flowers can be purple, lilac, white, bluish, cream, or bright yellow, and are also highly variable in size and shape.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderLamiales
FamilyLentibulariaceae
GenusUtricularia

In Suriname

78Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
1838First record
2024Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini21
  • Para10
  • Commewijne1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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