# Hydrophyllum

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{automatic taxobox
|image = Hydrophyllum occidentale.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Hydrophyllum occidentale](/source/Hydrophyllum_occidentale)''
|taxon = Hydrophyllum
|authority = [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) (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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Hydrophyllum_alpestre)'' {{small|A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.}}
* ''[Hydrophyllum appendiculatum](/source/Hydrophyllum_appendiculatum)'' <small>Michx.</small> -- Great waterleaf
* ''[Hydrophyllum brownei](/source/Hydrophyllum_brownei)'' <small>Kral & Bates</small> -- Browne's waterleaf
* ''[Hydrophyllum canadense](/source/Hydrophyllum_canadense)'' <small>L.</small> -- Blunt-leaf waterleaf, bluntleaf waterleaf
* ''[Hydrophyllum capitatum](/source/Hydrophyllum_capitatum)'' <small>Dougl. ex Benth.</small> -- Ballhead waterleaf
* ''[Hydrophyllum fendleri](/source/Hydrophyllum_fendleri)'' <small>(Gray) Heller</small> -- Fendler's waterleaf
* ''[Hydrophyllum macrophyllum](/source/Hydrophyllum_macrophyllum)'' <small>Nutt.</small> -- Largeleaf waterleaf
* ''[Hydrophyllum occidentale](/source/Hydrophyllum_occidentale)'' <small>(S. Wats.) Gray</small> -- Western waterleaf
* ''[Hydrophyllum tenuipes](/source/Hydrophyllum_tenuipes)'' <small>Heller</small> -- Pacific waterleaf
* ''[Hydrophyllum virginianum](/source/Hydrophyllum_virginianum)'' <small>L.</small> -- Virginia waterleaf, Shawnee salad	

==References==
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==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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