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Botany 122:
Flowering Plant Identification

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Hydrophyllaceae: Waterleaf Family

Family: Hydrophyllaceae: Waterleaf Family
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Habit Herbaceous to suffrutescent
Stem: various
Leaves: various, often hairy
Inflorescence: Scorpioid
Flower: 5-merous
Perianth: 5-merous
Calyx: 5 sepals
Corolla: 5 petals, connate
Hypanthium: Ø
Androecium: 5 stamens, epipetalous
Gynoecium: Syncarpous 2
Ovary position: Superior
Stigma: {stigma_edit}
Style: 2 distinct or connate at base
Fruit type: Capsule
Other: Inflorescence coiled as in Boraginaceae, but ovary entire
Representatives: Phacelia, Yerba Santa,

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