Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Hydrophyllaceae
Hydrophyllum canadense

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Hydrophyllaceae
Hydrophyllum canadense

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Hydrophyllaceae
160-04-001
Hydrophyllum canadense

Common Name:
Mapleleaf Waterleaf, Broad-leaved Waterleaf, Canada Waterleaf

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain & Piedmont south of VA) (SC Rare)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in cove forests, rocky streambanks, other moist & nutrient-rich forests, per Weakley's Flora



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...Moist

Leaves:
Simple
Alternate

Flower:
Spring/Summer
White/Lavender
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Campanulate calyx deeply divided
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!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p134
Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p066
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p208
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p135
Wildflowers of Tennessee p206
Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley & the Southern Appalachians p244




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April
Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

 

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April
Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

 

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