Waterleaf
Related Category: Plants
common name for the Hydrophyllaceae, a family of herbs and some shrubs, widely distributed but especially abundant in W and SW North America.
Waterleaf from North America are herbaceous perennial, winter hardy ground covering plants with dense foliage and erect flower stalks with white to pale bluish-rose flowers.
Ballhead Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum capitatum Dougl. ex Benth.
Family: Hydrophyllaceae, Waterleaf
Genus: Hydrophyllum ...
The names, Waterleaf and Hydrophyllum may be due to the whitish mottling that the leaves often have that look like water stains or from water that is held in the unfurling leaves in the spring.
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Waterleaf Family pictures
at the Texas A&M Biometrics Experimental Database.
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Virginia waterleaf
Hydrophyllum virginianum
one-flowered cancer root
Orobanche uniflora ...
Family: Waterleaf (Hydrophyllaceae)
Flowering: June-September
Field Marks: This speices, with its blue, bell-shaped flowers and slender spines, differs from other members of its genus by its hairy leaves, hairy sepals, and ovate leaves.
The beautiful waterleaf family, Hydrophyllaceae, has given us the bluest flowers with the Phacelias. Easy to grow from seed, this annual hybrid carries the blues brilliantly.
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family)
This exquisitely dainty plant thrives in dry, sandy areas of the Four Corners.
The Alpine Phacelia blooms in mid-summer. Alpine Phacelias belongs to the Waterleaf family. These flowers are used for bordering peoples gardens.
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 See also: May, Medic, Sorrel, Iris, Morning Glory
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