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Myriophyllum hippuroides
Also called Western Water Milfoil
Western watermilfoil is a submerged aquatic plant native to western North America, growing in ponds and slow streams. Keep it rooted in shallow water with good light, and expect its flower spikes to rise above the surface.
Myriophyllum hippuroides is a species of watermilfoil known by the common name western watermilfoil. It is native to the west coast of North America, where it grows in aquatic habitat such as ponds and streams. It generally grows over a meter long, with its stem lined with whorls of fleshy green leaves divided into many narrow lobes. The leafy inflorescence is a spike of small flowers up to 12 centimeters (4.7 in) long which grows above the water's surface.
Alternateflower watermilfoil · Parrot feather watermilfoil · Upright Water Milfoil · 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 hippuroides 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.
