Hydrophyllum fendleri (A. Gray) A. Heller
Fendler's waterleaf
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Fendler's waterleaf
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons
Species Information
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.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Hydrophyllum fendleri
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1435 | 920 | 1891 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
39 | 10 | 78 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
150 | 8 | 311 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 1 | 6 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
23 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CMA(1), CWH(1), ESSF(14), MS(7) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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