Utricularia radiata, the little floating bladderwort or small swollen bladderwort,Weakley, Alan. (2015). Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-Atlantic states, working draft of May 2015. University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC. Also accessible at http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm. [and previous versions published annually or biennially, under slightly different titles, from 1992-present]. is a medium-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. radiata is endemic to North America.Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

The size of U. radiata ranges from 0 to 30.5 centimeters (approximately 0 to 1 foot) in height. It is most commonly found in habitats such as lakes, ponds, and ditches. This species has the ability to prey upon a variety of both phytoplankton and zooplankton.Andrikovics S, Forro L, Zsunics E (1988) the zoogenic food composition of ''Utricularia vulgaris'' in the Lake Ferto. Opuscula Zoologica 23:65-70.

See also List of Utricularia species

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