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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
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Read more about Biennial Waterleaf at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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
2801
Forb
Biennial
Habitat: Rich mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p139
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p072
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p206
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p244
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