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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrophyllum atranthum   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrophyllum virginianum var. atranthum   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Hydrophyllum virginianum var. atranthum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Hydrophyllum virginianum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-04-003:

Hydrophyllum virginianum   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Two new species from the southern Appalachians (Alexander, 1941)

Hydrophyllum atranthum

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hydrophyllum virginicum

 

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Waterleaf


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image of Hydrophyllum atranthum, Appalachian Waterleaf

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hyvi_001_lvd

        

image of Hydrophyllum atranthum, Appalachian Waterleaf

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_hyvi_007_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrophyllum atranthum   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrophyllum virginianum var. atranthum   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hydrophyllum virginianum var. atranthum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hydrophyllum virginianum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-04-003:
Hydrophyllum virginianum   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Two new species from the southern Appalachians (Alexander, 1941)
Hydrophyllum atranthum

INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrophyllum virginicum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4664

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich cove forests and other moist rocky forests, up to 5500 feet in elevation, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Common in NC Mountains

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LEAVES:
Prinicipal stem leaves pinnately divided (similar to basal leaves)
Alternate & basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Medium or deep purple to maroon
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted campanulate calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 stamens, fused to corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer

 

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