Hydrophyllum canadense L.

Fibrous-rooted perennial from long rhizomes; stems 3–5 dm, the upper part, infl, and cal glabrous or with scattered stout spreading hairs to 1 mm; cauline lvs usually overtopping the cymes, 1–2 dm wide and nearly as long, cordate at base, palmately 5–9-lobed, seldom to beyond the middle, the lobes acuminate, coarsely toothed or incised; cal rarely with minute appendages at the sinuses; cor white to pink-purple, 8–12 mm, the lobes shorter than the tube; stamens exsert 3–6 mm; style exsert 4–5 mm; 2n=18. Rich moist woods; s. Vt. and w. Mass. to Md. and in the mts. to Ga., w. to Wis., Ill., Mo. and n. Ark. May, June.

It is a temperate plant.

The root is eaten in times of famine. The young leaves and tips are sometimes eaten raw. They are mostly cooked.

Can be grown by seedlings.