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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Hydrophyllum appendiculatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Decemium appendiculatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Biennial Waterleaf, Great Waterleaf


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image of Hydrophyllum appendiculatum, Biennial Waterleaf, Great Waterleaf

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hyap_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Decemium appendiculatum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2801

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Rich mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Prinicipal stem leaves palmately lobed, maple-like (unlike pinnately divided basal leaves)
Alternate & basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Lavender
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted campanulate calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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