Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Submerged or floating aquatic wildflower.
Height:
	N/A; submerged or floating aquatic.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Eastern and central North America south to Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland; West Indies, Mexico and Central America.
Habitats:
	Swamps and marshes.
Soils:
	Wet, poorly-drained to permanantly innundated calcareous or organic soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	High; requires rich organic soils for optimal growth.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Purple.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous capsule.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page and a 2018 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on Eastern purple bladderwort's carnivorous traps.