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Q. A small rootless aquatic herb in which a portion of leaf forms a tiny sack or bladder which traps water insects is

Morphology of Flowering Plants

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Leaf bladders occur in the aquatic carnivorous plants of Utricularia (Bladderwort). Some of the leaf segments are modified to form small bladders. A bladder has sensitive hair, branched trigger bristles, a trap valve, internal and external glands for trapping and digesting small animals (e.g., water fleas).