waterleaves
hydrophyllum latin

The genus is traditionally placed at family rank with the waterleaves (Hydrophyllaceae) in the order Boraginales.

Vegetables: light green amaranth, dark green amaranth, ahihara, waterleaves, bitterleaves, pumpkins, garden eggs, fluted pumpkins, okra, red chili peppers, yellow chili peppers, alligator peppers, and black pepper.

The subfamily takes its name from the genus Hydrophyllum (Waterleaf).

The Hydrophyllum tenuipes plant spreads by rhizomes to form large colonies in wooded areas.

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

They include Hydrophyllum capitatum, the dwarf waterleaf or ballhead waterleaf.

Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx.

Hydrophyllum capitatum Dougl.

Hydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt.

Hydrophyllum capitatum grows in extremely moist and shady environments in fine or medium textured soil.

Hydrophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the waterleaf family which includes several herbaceous perennials native to North America.

The Indians and settlers cooked the leaves and the roots of plants belonging to the genus Hydrophyllum, which includes the ballhead waterleaf, for greens.

Hydrophyllum tenuipes (Pacific waterleaf) is an herbaceous perennial plant native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California.

Hydrophyllum tenuipes grows at low to mid elevation in shady conditions often in close association with Tolmiea menziesii (Youth on Age), which blooms during the same period.

Hydrophyllum capitatum naturally occurs in the western region of the United States (California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming) as well as Alberta and British Columbia in Canada.

To test whether leaf variegation reduces herbivore damage, we first assessed the frequency of variegated and nonvariegated leaves in natural populations of the plant Hydrophyllum virginianum L., and second, measured herbivore damage to both variegated and nonvariegated leaves.