Hydrophyllaceae
(Waterleaf Family)
Habit
- herbs (shrubs), often with
glandular hairs (smelly), many associated with
mesic habitats
Leaves
-
alternate or
opposite, usu.
lobed or
pinnate
Inflorescence
-
cymose, (usually a
scorpioid cyme), or
solitary
Flowers
-
perfect,
regular
Sepals
- 5,
connate
Petals
- 5,
connate
Stamens
- 5,
filaments
adnate to
corolla
Ovary
-
superior with 2
carpels and 2
locules
(axile placentation) or 1
locule (
parietal placentation);
style 1, with 2
stigma lobes
Fruit
-
capsule
Diversity
- 22 genera / 275 species
Distribution
- subcosmopolitan except Australia (many in Western U.S.)
Economics
- cultivated ornamentals
Notes
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