Utrics
Of course, the yellow flowers are those of Utricularia--but
I was not able to immediately identify this species to my satisfaction.
On one hand, the inflorescences were fairly short, and the flowers were congested near the tops of the inflorescences.
This made me suspect the species was probably Utricularia cornuta.
But could I be sure they were not U. juncea? There were no
cleistogamous flowers present, as is commonly the case with U. juncea. Even so, the
flowers were smaller than I am used to seeing with Utricularia cornuta--from tip of the
corolla to the end of the spur, they were only about 13mm long.
Ultimately, I concluded they probably were simply small-flowering Utricularia
cornuta. This diagnosis was supported by
the flowering season. In the southeastern US, Utricularia
cornuta tends to flower in early summer, while U.
juncea flowers later in the fall.
