During August 2025, I discovered a new-to-me, very delicate, little flowering bladderwort that requires a combination of specialized conditions, low water (it's described as semi aquatic) and very hot days, to flower. The planets aligned for me to see this Utricularia resupinata (Lavender, or resupinate bladderwort in common parlance) for the first time!
I almost paddled right past them, initially thinking I was seeing a slightly lavender-tinged pipewort, of which there were many stranded away from the water's edge.
But I decided not to be lazy, retraced my paddling 'steps' and beached to make sure - am I glad I did!
This little gem is so fragile - and I can't help seeing a Daffy Duck profile!
The lower part of the plant, embedded in the sediments, looks like this - it's very difficult to detect the bladders, even this close up.
Unfortunately the plant is threatened or endangered in many of the States to which it is native.