''Myriophyllum hippuroides'' is a species of
watermilfoil
''Myriophyllum'' (water milfoil) is a genus of about 69 species of freshwater aquatic plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The center of diversity for ''Myriophyllum'' is Australia with 43 recognized species (37 endemic).
These submersed ...
known by the common name western watermilfoil. It is native to the west coast of
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, where it grows in
aquatic habitat
Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies s ...
such as
pond
A pond is an area filled with water, either natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake. Defining them to be less than in area, less than deep, and with less than 30% emergent vegetation helps in distinguishing their ecology from th ...
s 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
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...
is a spike of small flowers up to 12 centimeters long which grows above the water's surface.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
hippuroides
Freshwater plants
Flora of the West Coast of the United States
Flora of British Columbia
Flora of California
Flora of Illinois
Flora of Oklahoma
Flora of Oregon
Flora of Texas
Flora of Washington (state)
Flora of Wisconsin
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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