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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hairy Waterleaf at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
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
Habitat: cove forests and other moist rocky forests, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Prinicipal stem leaves pinnately divided (similar to basal leaves)
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted campanulate calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 stamens, fused to corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p153
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p222
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p207
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p244
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p134
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