Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Myriophyllum spicatum Linnaeus
(Water Milfoil, Eurasian Water Milfoil)


Family: Haloragaceae

Status: Exotic, Noxious Weed (Class A, with limited distribution within the state)

Synonyms:
None

Myriophyllum spicatum is found at middle elevations in standing water. It has linear highly dissected leaves that appear in a whorl around nodes. The stem is pinkish red.
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Myriophyllum spicatum, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Bill Evans Lake, Nov. 17, 2007



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