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Accession Data:

Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.)Verdc.

  • Common Name: Parrots Feather, Water Feather
  • Family: Haloragaceae R.Br.

  • Country of Origin: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, nat. in SE US

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199400163
  • Source: Don Les
  • Accession Date: 09-19-1994
  • Bench: 3307 - NEOB: Bromeliad Island
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-14-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Saxifragales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Haloragaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
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2009
2008

References (internal):

  • Aquatic Plants
  • Benthophyte
  • Invasive Species
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • Wind Pollination (anemophily)
  • Pollination Syndrome Scavenger Hunt

References (external):

  1. Musial, Kathy; An Introduction to the Geography, Climate, and Flora of Chile; Pacific Horticulture, October 2011. Accessed 20 March 2015.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 1 September 2015.
  3. Myriophyllum aquaticum at Wikipedia. Accessed 1 September 2015.

data regenerated on Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:45:06 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Myriophyllum aquaticum

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Current Accessions in the Haloragaceae

  • Haloragis erecta
  • Myriophyllum aquaticum
W/C = Wild Collected
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