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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrophyllum canadense   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

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

Hydrophyllum canadense

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, 1938)

Hydrophyllum canadense

 

COMMON NAME:
Mapleleaf Waterleaf, Broadleaf Waterleaf, Canada Waterleaf, Bluntleaf Waterleaf


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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

image of Hydrophyllum canadense, Mapleleaf Waterleaf, Broadleaf Waterleaf, Canada Waterleaf, Bluntleaf Waterleaf

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

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm200422_4065

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Axillary peduncles shorter than the petiole of the subtending leaf, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm200422_4069

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Hydrophyllum canadense, Mapleleaf Waterleaf, Broadleaf Waterleaf, Canada Waterleaf, Bluntleaf Waterleaf

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    jkm230525_3423

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    jkm230525_3424

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Calyx lobes to 7mm long, margin bristly-hairy, lacking appendages in sinuses, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).

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JK Marlow    jkm160628_112

June    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

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JK Marlow    jkm230623_4169

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Calyx lobes lanceolate to linear-lanceolate. Capsule globular, becoming larger with age, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Hydrophyllum canadense, Mapleleaf Waterleaf, Broadleaf Waterleaf, Canada Waterleaf, Bluntleaf Waterleaf

JK Marlow    jkm190913_1405

September    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrophyllum canadense   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

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

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, 1938)
Hydrophyllum canadense

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: cove forests, rocky streambanks, other moist and nutrient-rich forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Prinicipal stem leaves palmately lobed, maple-like (unlike pinnately divided basal leaves)
Alternate & basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Lavender
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted campanulate calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 stamens, fused to corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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