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Hydrophyllaceae
Hydrophyllum

not marked as a favorite taxon Hydrophyllum macrophyllum Nuttall. Common name: Hairy Waterleaf. Phenology: May-Jun; Jul-Aug. Habitat: Cove forests and other moist rocky forests, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks. Distribution: WV west to OH, and IL, south to sw. VA, w. NC, n. GA, and n. AL; disjunct in the lower Piedmont of SC (Kershaw County; L.L. Gaddy, pers. comm. 2013).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Reports from AR are erroneous, and are based on material of Hydrophyllum brownei Kral & Bates (Peck 2003). The w. North American H. occidentale (S. Watson) A. Gray is rather closely related.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, G, Il, K4, Pa, RAB, S, Tn, Va, W, WV, Beckmann (1979), Constance (1942), Kral & Bates (1991); >< Hydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt. Basionym: Hydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt. 1834

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image #1 of Hydrophyllum macrophyllum© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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image #6 of Hydrophyllum macrophyllum© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of cove forests and other moist rocky forests, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks.

Stems: Stems tending to zig-zag, branched, furry-hairy.

Leaves: Leaves petiolate, elliptic to oblong, to 6 in. long, pinnately divided into 7-13 toothed segments, blotched with grayish-white when young (resembles a water stain) and slightly hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in 2-3 floppy, terminal clusters, the branches and stalks covered with long hairs; usually white; 3/4 in. wide (fully open); bell-shaped, the corolla divided into 5 spreading lobes and the hairy calyx divided into 5 triangular lobes.

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Height: 1-2 1/2 ft.

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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of cove forests and other moist rocky forests, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks.

stems: Stems tending to zig-zag, branched, furry-hairy.

leaves: Leaves petiolate, elliptic to oblong, to 6 in. long, pinnately divided into 7-13 toothed segments, blotched with grayish-white when young (resembles a water stain) and slightly hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in 2-3 floppy, terminal clusters, the branches and stalks covered with long hairs; usually white; 3/4 in. wide (fully open); bell-shaped, the corolla divided into 5 spreading lobes and the hairy calyx divided into 5 triangular lobes.

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