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Myriophyllum pinnatum
Also called Eastern water-milfoil, Cut Leaved Water Milfoil, Pinnate Water Milfoil, Cutleaf Water Milfoil, Foxtail, Cut Leaf Water Milfoil, Green Parrotfeather
Cutleaf watermilfoil is a submerged to emergent aquatic perennial native to eastern North America, grown in ponds and water gardens. The key to growing it is keeping its roots in shallow, nutrient-rich water with plenty of sun.
Myriophyllum pinnatum, common names cutleaf water-milfoil, green parrot's-feather, and pinnate water-milfoil, is a species of Myriophyllum.
Alternateflower watermilfoil · Parrot feather watermilfoil · Upright Water Milfoil · Western watermilfoil · Myriophyllum implicatum · Myriophyllum indicum · 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 pinnatum 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.
