Flora
of East-Central Indiana
| Broadleaf Waterleaf |
| Scientific Name | Hydrophyllum canadense L. |
| Family Name | Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family) |
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Characteristics |
| Habitat: | moist, wet woods or open wet places |
| Plant Height: | 30-80 cm tall, erect stem; well developed rhizome |
| Flower Color: | white to lavender |
| Flower: | perfect; complete; deeply 5-lobed petals; 5 long sepals, tapering to point with long hairs; 5 stamens adnate at base of corolla tube; stamens and style long; ovary superior |
| Inflorescence: | compact cymes lacking well developed main axis; dense at anthesis |
| Fruit: | 2-valved capsule |
| Leaves: | similar to shape of maple leaves |
| Bloom Time: | May-June |
| Origins: | native |
| Other: | also called Maple-leaved Waterleaf; flowers of H. candense , H. virginianum and H. macrophyllum similar, note leaf structure difference |
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| habit | terminal flower cluster | leaf and flower head | close up of flowers |
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