Wildflowers Identified: Purple Bladderwort
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Purple Bladderwort has these characteristics:
- tubular petals
- irregular petals: lipped, lopsided, not symmetrical
- single flower on stem
- several flowers on stem
- 3/8 to 5/8 inches flower width
- pink to red flower color
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- blooms in September or later
- plant height one foot or less
- parallel leaf veins
- compound leaves are pinnate - leaflets arranged along a midrib
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org