Lentibulariaceae
Florida purple bladderwort
Utricularia amethystina
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Genus
- Utricularia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 紫水晶狸藻
- English
- Florida purple bladderwort
Synonyms
- Calpidisca amethystina (Salzm. ex A.St.-Hil. & Girard) Barnhart
- Calpidisca modesta (A.DC.) Barnhart
- Calpidisca standleyae Barnhart
- Utricularia alutacea Tutin
- Utricularia amethystina f. alutacea (Tutin) Steyerm.
- Utricularia modesta A.DC.
- Utricularia obovata Miq.
- Utricularia spatulifolia Pilg.
- Utricularia stolonifera Benj.
- Utricularia turumiquirensis Steyerm.
- Utricularia versicolor Benj.
- Utricularia williamsii Steyerm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. NoahElhardt assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.