| Family: | Hydrophyllaceae |
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| Common name: | waterleaf family [absent from Zomlefer] |
| Diversity: | Worldwide: 20 genera; 250 species U.S.: 16 genera PNW (Hitchcock & Cronquist): 7 genera |
| Flower -- Vegetative Features -- Economic Importance -- Flower Images-- Web Sites | |
| Flower | |
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| K5 Co(5) S5 P(2) | |
| Sexuality: | bisexual |
| Symmetry: | actinomorphic |
| Inflorescence: | cyme, usu. coiled ("fiddleneck") |
| Calyx (sepals): | 5, separate or fused |
| Corolla (petals): | 5, fused, campanulate, funnelform, or wheel-shaped with short tube and flat limbs (=rotate) |
| Androecium: | 5, attached to the petals (=epipetalous), stamens often protruding beyond corolla |
| Gynoecium: | 2 united carpels, superior ovary (=hypogynous), single style, parietal placentation, numerous ovules |
| Fruit: | capsule |
| Other features: | petals usually blue or purple |
| Vegetative Features | |
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| usually bristly with glandular hairs, round stems | |
| Leaves: | alternate or opposite, often basal rosette, entire to pinnately lobed, exstipulate |
| Life-history: | annual to perennial |
| Habit: | herbs, rarely shrubs |
| Distribution & Ecology: | cosmopolitan but diversity centered in w. U.S. |
| Some Northwest Genera: | Hydrophyllum, water leaf Nemophila, baby blue-eyes Phacelia, phacelia |
| Economic Importance | |
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| Examples | Hydrophyllaceae Hydrophyllum |
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| Hydrophyllaceae Phacelia |
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| Hydrophyllaceae Phacelia |
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| click on the genus name for a flower image | |
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