Hydrophyllaceae
Eastern waterleaf
Hydrophyllum virginianum
- Family
- Hydrophyllaceae
- Genus
- Hydrophyllum
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- ثجمة فرجينية
- English
- Eastern waterleaf
- French
- Hydrophylle de Virginie
- Polish
- Czerpatka wirginijska
- Swedish
- Grenig indiankål
Synonyms
- Hydrophyllum pinnatifidum Moench
- Hydrophyllum spiraeifolium Salisb.
- Hydrophyllum virginianum f. virginianum
- Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum
- Hydrophyllum virginicum L.
- Hydrophyllum virginicum var. pacificum Eastw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.