Utricularia inflata, a bladderwort This is a distant view of the bladderwort Utricularia inflata (Family Lentibulariaceae), an aquatic plant with a set of inflated structures, like spokes, heeping the plant at the surface. The bladders are ingenious active traps, produced on highly dissected submerged leaves, suspended in the shallow water to capture tiny aquatic animals.

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