Myriophyllum sibiricum

Myriophyllum sibiricum
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Conservation status
File:Status iucn3.1 LC.svg Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Haloragaceae
Genus:	Myriophyllum
Species:	M. sibiricum
Binomial name
Myriophyllum sibiricum Kom., 1914
Synonyms
List Myriophyllum spicatum var. muricatum Myriophyllum spicatum var. capillaceum Myriophyllum exalbescens Fernald (1919) (Fernald) Á.Löve (1961) Lange (1880) Myriophyllum spicatum var. exalbescens Myriophyllum magdalenense (Fernald) Jeps. (1925) Maxim. (1873) Myriophyllum exalbescens var. magdalenense Fernald (1924) (Fernald) Hultén (1947) Myriophyllum spicatum subsp. exalbescens

Myriophyllum sibiricum is a species of water milfoil known by the common names shortspike watermilfoil, northern watermilfoil, and Siberian water-milfoil. It is native to Russia, China, and much of North America, where it grows in aquatic habitat such as ponds and streams. It generally grows over a meter long, its green stem drying white. It is lined with whorls of fanlike green leaves divided into many narrow, feathery lobes.

Description

The erect inflorescence is a spike of small flowers up to 8 centimetres (3 inches) long which grows above the water's surface.

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