A small patch of Virginia Waterleaf in Beechview, just up the hill from the large patch of Appendaged Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum appendiculatum) we have visited almost every year.
For a description of the species, see the Hydrophyllum virginianum reference page.
Mid-spring flowers are at their peak in the woods, but some of the earlier spring flowers are still blooming.
Just up the hill from a large patch of Appendaged Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum appendiculatum) in Beechview, we found two plants of Virginia Waterleaf (H. virginianum). Although old Pa Pitt has visited that patch of Appendaged Waterleaf annually for years, he has never seen Virginia Waterleaf there before, though he has run into it elsewhere more than once. It is an odd coincidence. Below, we see the divided leaves that distinguish H. virginianum from its relatives in these parts.
For a fuller description, see the Hydrophyllum virginianum reference page.
