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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
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Read more about Hairy Waterleaf at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-04-002:
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Waterleaf, Largeleaf Waterleaf
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyma_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160421_380
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160421_381
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160421_381b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Densely hairy, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm160421_383
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160421_384
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Principal cauline leaves pinnatifid, (7)9-13 segments, similar to basal leaves, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm160421_385
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaf segments coarsely toothed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm170414_639
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170414_642
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_macrophyllum_3
May
Stamens strongly exserted, filaments usually villous near the middle, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-04-002:
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
3314
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: cove forests and other moist rocky forests, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Prinicipal stem leaves pinnately divided (similar to basal leaves)
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted campanulate calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 stamens, fused to corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p153
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p207
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p244
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p134