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Myriophyllum rubricaule
Red-stemmed parrot's feather is a submerged aquatic plant with feathery leaves and reddish stems, grown mainly in aquariums and ponds. It needs constant submersion in clean, well-lit water.
Myriophyllum rubricaule, the red-stemmed parrot's feather, is a species of flowering plant in the watermilfoil family Haloragaceae. It is native to central and south-central Chile, and it has been introduced to a number of European countries. It is used as an aquarium plant, replacing the banned invasive Myriophyllum aquaticum in European trade.
Alternateflower watermilfoil · Parrot feather watermilfoil · Upright Water Milfoil · Western watermilfoil · Myriophyllum implicatum · Myriophyllum indicum · Cutleaf watermilfoil · Shortspike watermilfoil · Amphibious Water Milfoil · Spiked Water-milfoil · Myriophyllum variifolium · Whorl-leaf watermilfoil
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myriophyllum rubricaule 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.
