E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons (A. Gray) A. Heller (A. Heller) J.F. Macbr.
Fendler's waterleaf (white waterleaf)
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

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Species Information

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General:
Perennial from a short, stout rhizome with thickened fibrous roots; stems ascending to erect, solitary, reflexed-hairy, 20-80 cm tall.
Leaves:
Mostly basal, 6-30 cm long, 4-15 cm wide, long-stalked, appressed-hairy above, soft-hairy below, pinnatifid with 7-15 hairy, toothed, pointed leaflets.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of compact, branched, long-stalked clusters of funnel-shaped flowers; flower stalks 2-7 mm long; corollas white, or sometimes, lavender or purplish, 6-10 mm long, stalked, 5-lobed, the lobes 4-5 mm long; styles and stamens protruding beyond the corolla; calyces long-hairy on the margins, short-hairy on the backs, the lobes linear.
Fruits:
Capsules, globose; seeds 1-3.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Habitat / Range

Moist to mesic meadows and forest openings in the montane to subalpine zones; infrequent in the Coast-Cascade Mountains of SW BC; S to ID, WY, UT, NM and N CA.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Climate

The climate type for this species, as reported in the: "British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 6 Database" (Meidinger et al. 2008), is not evaluated, unknown or variable.

Synonyms and Alternate Names

Hydrophyllum congestum Wieg.

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