#36. Pacific Waterleaf

Scientific Name:

Hydrophyllum tenuipes

Family Name:

Waterleaf Family

Habitat:

Moist shady woods.

Characteristics:

1. Leaves deeply parted with 5 to 7 leaflets. Leaves have a stiff hairy texture to them.

2. Flowers bell-shaped, yellow to light purple with stamens longer than petals.a

3. Flowers at tip of stem in a curved, loose fiddlehead arrangement (cyme).

4. Plants wilt quickly when picked.

Uses or Importances: 1. Leaves eaten by grazing animals.

2. Local Indians ate the roots.