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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 17 taxa in the family Hydrophyllaceae, Waterleaf family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Waterpod
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hydrolea quadrivalvis FAMILY: Hydroleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrolea quadrivalvis FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hydrolea quadrivalvis 160-01-001 FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, backwater sloughs, especially in cypress-gum forests, marshes, ditches
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Tall Hydrolea, Skyflower
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hydrolea corymbosa FAMILY: Hydroleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrolea corymbosa FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hydrolea corymbosa 160-01-002? FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Pond cypress savannas, depression meadows
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Ovate False Fiddleleaf, Blue Waterleaf, Hairy Hydrolea, Ovate Fiddleleaf
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hydrolea ovata FAMILY: Hydroleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrolea ovata FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Swamps, ponds, ditches
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Jamaica Weed, Fiddleleaf, Fiddleleaf Nama
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nama jamaicensis FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS National Database: Nama jamaicense FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nama jamaicensis 160-02-001 FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Lawns, other disturbed areas, sometimes rockland hammocks, disturbed areas over limestone
Rare
Native: tropical America, probably including south FL & TX
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Common Name:
Baby Blue Eyes, Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes, White Nemophila, Eastern Baby-blue-eyes
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nemophila aphylla FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nemophila aphylla FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nemophila microcalyx 160-03-001 FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich floodplain forests, often locally abundant
Uncommon (rare in GA Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mapleleaf Waterleaf, Broadleaf Waterleaf, Canada Waterleaf, Bluntleaf Waterleaf
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hydrophyllum canadense FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrophyllum canadense FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hydrophyllum canadense 160-04-001 FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Cove forests, rocky streambanks, other moist and nutrient-rich forests
Common in Mountains of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hairy Waterleaf, Largeleaf Waterleaf
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hydrophyllum macrophyllum FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrophyllum macrophyllum FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hydrophyllum macrophyllum 160-04-002 FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Cove forests and other moist rocky forests, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Appalachian Waterleaf
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hydrophyllum atranthum FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrophyllum virginianum var. atranthum FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hydrophyllum virginianum 160-04-003 FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Rich cove forests and other moist rocky forests, up to 5500 feet in elevation
Common in NC Mountains
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Virginia Waterleaf, Eastern Waterfleaf
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hydrophyllum virginianum FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hydrophyllum virginianum 160-04-003 FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Cove forests, moist rocky forests, alluvial forests
Uncommon
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name: Biennial Waterleaf, Great Waterleaf
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hydrophyllum appendiculatum FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrophyllum appendiculatum FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Rich mesic forests
Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fernleaf Phacelia, Purple Phacelia, Forest Phacelia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phacelia bipinnatifida FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phacelia bipinnatifida FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phacelia bipinnatifida 160-05-001 FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Cove forests, especially where rocky; also popular as a native plant for horticultural use, and sometimes found as a persistent or spreading from horticultural use
Common in Mountains of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Phacelia, Smallflower Phacelia, Small-flowered Scorpion Weed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phacelia dubia var. dubia FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phacelia dubia var. dubia FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phacelia dubia 160-05-002 FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Floodplain forests, other moist and rich forests, rocky forests, fields, roadsides, granitic flatrocks
Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Georgia Phacelia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phacelia dubia var. georgiana FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phacelia dubia var. georgiana FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phacelia dubia 160-05-002? FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Granitic flatrocks
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Spotted Phacelia, Flatrock Phacelia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phacelia maculata FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phacelia maculata FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phacelia maculata 160-05-003 FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Bottomlands, granitic flatrocks
Uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Coville's Phacelia, Eastern Buttercup Phacelia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phacelia covillei FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phacelia covillei FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phacelia ranunculacea 160-05-004 FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Rich soils of floodplains, and contiguous terraces and slopes
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Miami-mist
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phacelia purshii FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phacelia purshii FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phacelia purshii 160-05-005 FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Moist forests on floodplains and slopes
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fringed Phacelia, Blue Ridge Phacelia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phacelia fimbriata FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Phacelia fimbriata FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phacelia fimbriata 160-05-006 FAMILY: Hydrophyllaceae
Habitat: Moist forests on slopes and floodplains, at low to high elevations, perhaps mainly over circumneutral soils, often locally abundant
Uncommon in NC Mountains
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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