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Western waterleaf

Hydrophyllum occidentale

Western waterleaf
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain
Family
Hydrophyllaceae (Hydrophyll family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
W. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Hydrophyllum occidentale is a species of flowering plant in the waterleaf family Hydrophyllaceae known by the common name western waterleaf.

Where it grows

It is native to the western United States from California to Idaho, where it grows in a variety of habitats from wet mountain meadows to dry chaparral slopes.

Other Hydrophyllum plants

Great waterleaf · Brown's waterleaf · Bluntleaf waterleaf · Ballhead waterleaf · Fendler's waterleaf · Largeleaf waterleaf · Pacific waterleaf · Eastern waterleaf · Waterleaf

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hydrophyllum occidentale 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.

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