OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myriophyllum verticillatum   FAMILY Haloragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Myriophyllum verticillatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Whorled Water-milfoil


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myriophyllum verticillatum   FAMILY Haloragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Myriophyllum verticillatum

 

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4041

Submersed aquatic w flowers & fruit above the surface (roots not always present); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Quiet waters, per Weakley's Flora

Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia (a circumboreal species)

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

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
4 sepals?
4 petals?
Inferior ovary

Flowers in spikes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?

 

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