Transcript Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family) by: Noah Berglund

Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family)
by: Noah Berglund
Hydrophyllaceae
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Annual to perennial, herb or shrub
Perfect flowers
Flowers normally have radial symmetry
5 petals, 5 stamens
Shade, part sun, moist woods, floodplains
Appendaged waterleaf (Hydrophyllum appendiculatum)
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Flowers are violet
5 petals, 5 showy stamens
Flowers are perfect
Leaves are maple-like
Biennial life-cycle
1-2 feet tall
Found in rich woods
Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
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Flowers are tubular
5 hairy sepals
Flowers are violet, pink, and white
Perennial
Leaves have white spots on them
Leaves are up to 6 inches long
and 4 inches wide and deeply
divided into 3, 5 or 7 lobes with
coarsely toothed edges and
sharply pointed tips.
1-2 feet tall
Grow among deciduous trees
Resources
• Pictures: www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q. ,
flickr.com/photos/fathero9/502763669/. , biology.clc.uc.edu/mansfield/practiceflowers.html. ,
www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/. , www.flickr.com/photos/drosera-x/474174204.
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http://www.nearctica.com/flowers/dtoh/hydrop/Happend.htm
www.minnesotawildflowers.info/udata/r9ndp23q.
http://plants.usda.gov.