Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses - Notch-bract waterleaf

NOTCH-BRACT WATERLEAF

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Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx.

Johnson County, Kansas

Biennial

Height: 8-24 inches

Family: Boraginaceae - Borage Family

Flowering Period: May, June, July

Also Called:

Woolenbreeches.

Stems:

Erect, branched distally. Plants pubescent to hirsute.

Leaves:

Alternate: petioles 2 to 6.3 inches; basal and proximal cauline pinnatifid, 2 to 6.3 inches long, 1.6 to 4.3 inches wide, segments 5-9, ovate-lanceolate to rhombic-ovate, margins coarsely dentate; distal cauline palmately- to subpinnately-lobed.

Inflorescences:

Cymes, terminal, 3-17-flowered; peduncles 1.2 to 3.5 inches.

Flowers:

Pedicels .2 to .8 inch; sepals connate basally, calyx 1/6 to 1/3 inch, sinuses with conspicuous auricles, lobes triangular to lanceolate; corolla lavender to violet, bell-shaped to nearly wheel-shaped, .16 to .28 inch; stamens exserted 1/25 to 1/8 inch.

Fruits:

Capsules, ovoid to spheric, 1/8 to 1/6 inch, pubescent to hispid; seeds brown or orangish brown, ellipsoid, 1/10 to 1/7 inch, honeycombed.

Habitat:

Maple-basswood and floodplain forests

Distribution:

North half of eastern tier of counties in Kansas

Origin:

Native

Comments:

Hydrophyllum, water + leaf, and appendiculatum, with appendages. See also Virginia waterleaf

Notch-bract waterleaf flowers