Biology:Hydrophyllum canadense

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Hydrophyllum canadense
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Hydrophyllum
Species:
H. canadense
Binomial name
Hydrophyllum canadense
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Hydrophyllum acerifolium Salisb.
  • Stokes Hydrophyllum lobatum

Hydrophyllum canadense, known as bluntleaf waterleaf, broadleaf waterleaf, or Canada waterleaf, is a flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It is native to the eastern United States and Canada.[1][2][3][4]

Hydrophyllum canadense is one of ten species of Hydrophyllum, a genus endemic to North America.[1] It can be distinguished from other Hydrophyllum species across its range by a combination of the following features: perennial, stem leaves palmately lobed, sepals lacking appendages (or less than 0.5 mm in length), and stamens exserted 3–6 mm.[5][6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Hydrophyllum canadense L.". Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:432257-1. Retrieved 18 April 2019. 
  2. "Hydrophyllum canadense". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=HYCA3. Retrieved 18 April 2019. 
  3. "Hydrophyllum canadense L". 2010. https://data.canadensys.net/vascan/taxon/6134. Retrieved 18 April 2019. 
  4. "Hydrophyllum canadense L.". International Plant Names Index. http://beta.ipni.org/n/432257-1. Retrieved 18 April 2019. 
  5. Weakley, Alan S. (2018), Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018, University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
  6. "Hydrophyllum". Michigan Flora. https://michiganflora.net/genus.aspx?id=Hydrophyllum. Retrieved 20 October 2019. 

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