Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Myriophyllum verticillatum
FAMILY
Haloragaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myriophyllum verticillatum
FAMILY
Haloragaceae
COMMON NAME:
Water-milfoil
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Myriophyllum verticillatum
FAMILY
Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myriophyllum verticillatum
FAMILY
Haloragaceae
4041
Submersed aquatic w flowers & fruit above the surface (roots not always present); Forb
Perennial
Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia (a circumboreal species)
Documented growing wild in - - -
Rare
Look for it in quiet waters, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Leaves well-developed: pinnately divided with filiform segments
Submersed leaves whorled. Bracts of emersed shoots different than submersed lvs
FLOWER:
4 sepals?
4 petals?
Inferior ovary
Flowers in spikes
FRUIT:
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