Intermediate Bladderwort
Scientific name: Utricularia intermedia Hayne
Diagnostic features Stems of 2 sorts, the floating ones to 20(40)cm. Quadrifids with long/short arm ratio 1.2-2, with 2 short arms diverging at (2)6-21(37)°. Glands in corolla spur on both abaxial and adaxial sides. Corolla yellow; upper lip 7-8 x c.7mm; lower lip 8-10 x 12-13mm; spur 8-10mm.
Chromosome number: (2n=44).
Habitat Native; still, shallow water in peaty bogs and marshes.
Distribution Very scattered in Ireland, Scotland, North & Southcentral England, East Anglia and Caerns, much over-recorded for Utricularia ochroleuca and perhaps for Utricularia stygia. Flowers not found in British Isles.
This species is keyed out on Page 179 in the Text Key. |