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Hydrophyllum capitatum
Also called Dwarf or Ballhead Waterleaf, Dwarf Waterleaf, Woollen Breeches, Ball Head Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum capitatum, is a species of waterleaf known by the common name ballhead waterleaf. It is native to Western North America from British Columbia to Utah.
Hydrophyllum capitatum naturally occurs in Alberta and British Columbia in Canada, as well as the western region of the United States (California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming).
Indigenous peoples and settlers cooked the leaves and the roots of plants belonging to the genus Hydrophyllum, which includes the ballhead waterleaf, for greens.
Great waterleaf · Brown's waterleaf · Bluntleaf waterleaf · Fendler's waterleaf · Largeleaf waterleaf · Western waterleaf · Pacific waterleaf · Eastern waterleaf · Waterleaf
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hydrophyllum capitatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
