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Your search found 7 taxa in the family Haloragaceae, Water-milfoil family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Marsh Mermaid-weed, Common Mermaid-weed
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Proserpinaca palustris FAMILY: Haloragaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Proserpinaca intermedia FAMILY: Haloragaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Proserpinaca palustris 138-01-001 FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Look for it in wet places, swamp forests
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Parrot-feather
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Myriophyllum aquaticum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Myriophyllum aquaticum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Myriophyllum brasiliense 138-02-001 FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Look for it in ditches, slow-moving rivers, pools, ponds
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont & Mountains)
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Loose Water-milfoil, Sandhills Milfoil, Lax Water-milfoil, Piedmont Water-milfoil
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Myriophyllum laxum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Myriophyllum laxum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Myriophyllum laxum 138-02-002 FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Look for it in limesink depression ponds (dolines), spring-runs, rarely also in lakes
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Water-milfoil, Variable-leaf Water-milfoil
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Myriophyllum heterophyllum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Myriophyllum heterophyllum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Myriophyllum heterophyllum 138-02-004 FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Look for it in ditches, slow-moving waters of rivers and streams, pools, ponds
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont & Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Common Water-milfoil
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Myriophyllum sibiricum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Myriophyllum sibiricum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Look for it in quiet circumneutral to alkaline waters
Rare
Native north of the Carolinas
Common Name: Water-milfoil
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Myriophyllum verticillatum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Myriophyllum verticillatum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Look for it in quiet waters
Rare
Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia (a circumboreal species)
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Common Name:
Eurasian Water-milfoil
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Myriophyllum spicatum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Myriophyllum spicatum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Look for it in ponds and impoundments (habitat and range in our area uncertain)
Uncommon (rare in Piedmont)
Non-native: Eurasia
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