NameThatPlant.net: Myriophyllum spicatum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales

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

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Learn more about Eurasian Water-milfoil from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Easily confused with M. sibiricum, M. spicatum is an introduced species, now widespread in the eastern US, per Weakley's Flora (2022)

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myriophyllum spicatum FAMILY Haloragaceae

COMMON NAME:
Eurasian Water-milfoil

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myriophyllum spicatum FAMILY Haloragaceae

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)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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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