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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Hydrophyllaceae
Hydrophyllum virginianum L.
John's-cabbage, Shawnee-salad, Virginia waterleaf
Hydrophyllum: Greek hydro for "water" and phyllon, "leaf"
virginianum: of Virginia
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| Status: | Native - potentially invasive |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 6"-30" tall forb |
| Flower: | white to lavender, 5-parted, 1/2" long, stamens and style much longer than the petals; inflorescence a branched, hairy cluster (cyme); blooms May-June |
| Leaf: | toothed, often white-spotted, main stem leaves oval to triangular in outline and deeply pinnately-divided with the base and tip segments often 2-3 lobed |
| Habitat: | moist to wet; woods, forests, openings |
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