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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Hydrophyllum canadense
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Mapleleaf Waterleaf at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrophyllum canadense
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-04-001:
Hydrophyllum canadense
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hydrophyllum canadense
COMMON NAME:
Mapleleaf Waterleaf, Broadleaf Waterleaf, Canada Waterleaf, Bluntleaf Waterleaf
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyca3_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_h_canadense1
April Walker County GA
Principal stem leaves palmately lobed, maple-like; basal lvs pinnately divided, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060429_022
April Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm090404_019
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm150423_583
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160423_461
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160423_462
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm180414_313
April Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200411_3713
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200422_4065
April Greenville County SC
Axillary peduncles shorter than the petiole of the subtending leaf, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm200422_4069
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210401_9076
April Polk County NC
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Terry Gentry tmg_dscf0032_7
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160628_112
June Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Calyx lobes to 7mm long, margin bristly-hairy, lacking appendages in sinuses, per www.missouriplants.com.
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JK Marlow jkm190913_1405
September Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Hydrophyllum canadense
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrophyllum canadense
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-04-001:
Hydrophyllum canadense
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hydrophyllum canadense
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Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Mountains of GA & NC, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Look for it in cove forests, rocky streambanks, other moist & nutrient-rich forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Prinicipal stem leaves palmately lobed, maple-like (unlike pinnately divided basal leaves)
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Lavender
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted campanulate calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 stamens, fused to corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p066
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p134
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p208
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p153
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p072
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p206
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p244
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p135