Native plant · LENTIBULARIACEAE
Utricularia purpurea
EASTERN PURPLE BLADDERWORT; Purple Bladderwort
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Utricularia purpurea. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Utricularia purpurea
- Family
- LENTIBULARIACEAE
- Genus
- Utricularia
- Order
- LAMIALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; OBL (NWPL); OBL (DEP)
- Florida range
- South Florida · Panhandle · Central Florida · Florida Keys · North Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Miami-Dade; Liberty; Highlands; Hillsborough; Brevard; Volusia; Pinellas; Citrus; Escambia; Monroe; Collier; Sarasota; Sumter; DeSoto; Manatee; Charlotte; Okaloosa; Orange; Polk; Lake; Marion; Pasco; Hernando; Gulf; Calhoun; Hendry; Baker; Martin; Broward; Putnam; Palm Beach
Where documented in Florida
Miami-Dade; Liberty; Highlands; Hillsborough; Brevard; Volusia; Pinellas; Citrus; Escambia; Monroe; Collier; Sarasota; Sumter; DeSoto; Manatee; Charlotte; Okaloosa; Orange; Polk; Lake; Marion; Pasco; Hernando; Gulf; Calhoun; Hendry; Baker; Martin; Broward; Putnam; Palm Beach
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Utricularia
- Utricularia amethystina — FLORIDA PURPLE BLADDERWORT
- Utricularia cornuta — HORNED BLADDERWORT
- Utricularia floridana — FLORIDA YELLOW BLADDERWORT
- Utricularia foliosa — LEAFY BLADDERWORT
- Utricularia gibba — HUMPED BLADDERWORT
- Utricularia inflata — FLOATING BLADDERWORT; swollen bladderwort
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.