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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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map, click
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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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