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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myriophyllum spicatum   FAMILY Haloragaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myriophyllum spicatum   FAMILY Haloragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Myriophyllum spicatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Eurasian Water-milfoil


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image of Myriophyllum spicatum, Eurasian Water-milfoil

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_mysp2_001_lvd

        

image of Myriophyllum spicatum, Eurasian Water-milfoil

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_277

        

image of Myriophyllum spicatum, Eurasian Water-milfoil

    wwwplantsifasufl_myrspi

        

plants.ifas.ufl.edu/myrspi.html

image of Myriophyllum spicatum, Eurasian Water-milfoil

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5273022

Month Unknown        

Leaves in distinct whorls of 4, often looking as if their ends were cut off square w scissors, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Myriophyllum spicatum, Eurasian Water-milfoil

Steve Hurst, USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Bugwood.org     bug_5308029

Month Unknown        

image of Myriophyllum spicatum, Eurasian Water-milfoil

Chris Evans, Illinois Wildlife Action Plan, Bugwood.org    bug_5330057

Month Unknown        

Stem diameter below inflorescence is up to 2x diameter of lower stem, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Myriophyllum spicatum, Eurasian Water-milfoil

Graves Lovell, Alabama Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources, Bugwood.org    bug_5400611

Month Unknown        

All leaves whorled, grayish green. Midstem leaves with 12-25 segments on each side of rachis, per Weakley's Flora (2022).


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image of Myriophyllum spicatum, Eurasian Water-milfoil

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5447204

Month Unknown        

image of Myriophyllum spicatum, Eurasian Water-milfoil

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5447206

Month Unknown        

Flowers/fruits in erect spikes emersed from water, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myriophyllum spicatum   FAMILY Haloragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myriophyllum spicatum   FAMILY Haloragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Myriophyllum spicatum

 

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965

Submersed aquatic w flowers & fruits above the surface (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Usually monoecious

Habitat: Ponds and impoundments, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Leaves well-developed: pinnately divided with filiform segments
Submersed leaves whorled. Bracts of emersed shoots different than submersed lvs

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Reddish
4 sepals
4 petals
8 stamens
Inferior ovary
Unisexual (rarely bisexual)

Flowers in spikes

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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