Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum
Ballhead Waterleaf

Family: Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family)

Photo taken at Anderson Canyon, dry openly wooded hillside

Flowers:

borne in compact, generally subdichotomously branched cymes that lack a well developed main axis; inflorescence lower (shorter) than leaves; peduncles short and seldom greater than 5 cm, often reflexed in fruit; corolla bell-shaped, purple; stamens equal, exserted

Leaves:

alternate; leaflets entire or more often some of them with 1 or 2 deep incisions, not toothed along margins

Plant:

perennial

Habitat:

widespread species from lowland desert to mid elevations in conifer forest

Distribution of species:

East Cascades throughout the Northwest

Distribution of genus:

8 species: North America