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Upright Water Milfoil

Myriophyllum crispatum

Upright water milfoil is a submerged to emergent aquatic plant native to Australia, grown in ponds and water gardens. It needs shallow, still water and full light to stay bushy and healthy.

Family
Haloragaceae (Halorag family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the roots submerged in shallow water at all times; it is grown in water, not in soil that is merely moist.
Soil
Heavy pond soil or aquatic planting media in a basket, kept under about 10 to 30 cm of water.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from hard freezing, as it is subtropical.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Myriophyllum crispatum is a species of water milfoil native to Australia.

Where it grows

Myriophyllum crispatum occurs in Western Australia, south-eastern Australia, northern Tasmania, and south-eastern Queensland. It is most commonly found in shallow, stagnant water.

Other Myriophyllum plants

Alternateflower watermilfoil · Parrot feather watermilfoil · Western watermilfoil · Myriophyllum implicatum · Myriophyllum indicum · Cutleaf watermilfoil · Red Stemmed Parrot's Feather · Shortspike watermilfoil · Amphibious Water Milfoil · Spiked Water-milfoil · Myriophyllum variifolium · Whorl-leaf watermilfoil

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myriophyllum crispatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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