{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Hydrophyllum occidentale.jpg |image_caption = ''Hydrophyllum occidentale'' |taxon = Hydrophyllum |authority = L. (1753) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 10, see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19768-1 ''Hydrophyllum'' L.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 26 July 2024.</ref> |synonyms = ''Decemium'' {{small|Raf. (1817)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}
'''''Hydrophyllum''''' is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Hydrophyllaceae.<ref name=WFO_4000018553>{{Cite WFO |title=''Hydrophyllum'' L.. |id=4000018553 |access-date=2025-12-24}}</ref> It consists of ten species, all of which are native to North America.<ref name = powo/>
All ''Hydrophyllum'' are found in areas of mesic or moist soil.
==Species== Ten species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> * ''Hydrophyllum alpestre'' {{small|A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.}} * ''Hydrophyllum appendiculatum'' <small>Michx.</small> -- Great waterleaf * ''Hydrophyllum brownei'' <small>Kral & Bates</small> -- Browne's waterleaf * ''Hydrophyllum canadense'' <small>L.</small> -- Blunt-leaf waterleaf, bluntleaf waterleaf * ''Hydrophyllum capitatum'' <small>Dougl. ex Benth.</small> -- Ballhead waterleaf * ''Hydrophyllum fendleri'' <small>(Gray) Heller</small> -- Fendler's waterleaf * ''Hydrophyllum macrophyllum'' <small>Nutt.</small> -- Largeleaf waterleaf * ''Hydrophyllum occidentale'' <small>(S. Wats.) Gray</small> -- Western waterleaf * ''Hydrophyllum tenuipes'' <small>Heller</small> -- Pacific waterleaf * ''Hydrophyllum virginianum'' <small>L.</small> -- Virginia waterleaf, Shawnee salad
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4518,4546 Jepson Manual Treatment]
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Category:Hydrophyllum Category:Boraginales genera Category:Flora of Northern America Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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