Botanical Family · Boraginales

Hydrophyllaceae

Waterleaf Family

1 speciesOrder Boraginales1+ well-known plants

The Hydrophyllaceae family (Waterleaf Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Boraginales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is a herb. Several members are valued in traditional medicine.

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Representative HYDROPHYLLACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Hydrophyllaceae
Key pattern

Often hairy, lobed or divided leaves on herbs; bell-shaped flowers with five fused petals are typically arranged along one side of a coiled, fiddlehead-like inflorescence that gradually uncurls as the flowers open in sequence.

The coiled, uncurling flower cluster, opening its blooms in sequence from the base as it unrolls much like a fern fiddlehead, is a distinctive and easy-to-spot growth pattern.

Notable members

All 1 species in HYDROPHYLLACEAE

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