| These plants superficially resemble some of the waterleaf Family, but the four lobes of the ovary are conspicuous. |
| Already there are floral buds on blue cohosh, silver-stained leaves of Virginia waterleaf and strappy blades of wild leek. |
| The waterleaf is a broad, unribbed, tapering leaf curving up towards the angle of the abacus and turned in at the top. |
| Some tribes boiled or steamed the large and fleshy roots of ballhead waterleaf with the bulbs of yellow glacier lily. |
| The furry buds of Virginia waterleaf have opened to reveal pale purple flowers. |
| Goldenseal root is always bright yellow on the inside, whereas Canadian waterleaf is not. |
