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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Hydrophyllum virginianum +
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
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Read more about Virginia Waterleaf at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrophyllum virginianum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-04-003:
Hydrophyllum virginianum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrophyllum virginicum
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Waterleaf, Eastern Waterfleaf
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyvi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hyvi_007_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_h_virginianum3
April Moore County NC
Principal cauline leaves pinnately divided, similar to the basal leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_h_virginianum3b
April Moore County NC
Axillary peduncles longer than the petiole of the subtending leaf, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_h_virginianum4e
April Moore County NC
Cymes repeatedly branched; the five stamens conspicuous and long-protruding, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_h_virginianum5e
April Moore County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Hydrophyllum virginianum +
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrophyllum virginianum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-04-003:
Hydrophyllum virginianum
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrophyllum virginicum
714
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Common or uncommon, depending on province and variety
Look for it in cove forests, moist rocky forests, alluvial forests, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Prinicipal stem leaves pinnately divided (similar to basal leaves)
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Blue-purple
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!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p066
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p228
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p154
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p072
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p158
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p210
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p207
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p244
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p134