Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Hydrophyllum canadense L. |
Bibliography | Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 919 (1759) |
Native Range | e. Canada to nc. & e. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves long petiolate, palmatilobate, lobes 5-7, irregularly dentate, 10-25mm wide, flowers ca. 2cm long, in terminal and lateral cymes |
Size | 30-70cm |
Color | greenish white, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring and early fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hydrophyllum acerifolium Salisb. Hydrophyllum lobatum Stokes |
Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MSO Missouri, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (INI Indiana, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |