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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrophyllum canadense
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
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Read more about Mapleleaf Waterleaf at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
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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
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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).
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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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p066
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p134
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p140
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p208
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p153
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p072
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p222
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p206
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p244
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p135
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