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  7. Baby Blue Eyes, Phacelias, and Waterleaves
  8. Waterleaves

genus

Waterleaves

Hydrophyllum

Traits
Includes
10 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Virginia Waterleaf native
  • Great Waterleaf native
  • Pacific Waterleaf native
  • Broad-leaf Waterleaf native
  • Ballhead Waterleaf native
  • Large-leaf Water Leaf native
  • Western Waterleaf native
  • Fendler's Waterleaf native
  • Alpine Waterleaf native
  • Brown's Waterleaf native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native waterleaves All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Virginia Waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum caterpillars 1 bees 1 flowers 56
  • Large-leaf Water Leaf Hydrophyllum macrophyllum caterpillars 1 bees 1 flowers 2
  • Great Waterleaf Hydrophyllum appendiculatum bees 1 flowers 57
  • Broad-leaf Waterleaf Hydrophyllum canadense bees 1 flowers 5
  • Ballhead Waterleaf Hydrophyllum capitatum food 1 flowers 12
  • Fendler's Waterleaf Hydrophyllum fendleri flowers 14
  • Pacific Waterleaf Hydrophyllum tenuipes flowers 9
  • Western Waterleaf Hydrophyllum occidentale flowers 3
  • Alpine Waterleaf Hydrophyllum alpestre flowers 3
  • Brown's Waterleaf Hydrophyllum brownei

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