Myriophyllum sibiricum

Myriophyllum sibiricum

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific 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 exalbescens Fernald (1919)
    • Myriophyllum exalbescens var. magdalenense (Fernald) Á.Löve (1961)
    • Myriophyllum magdalenense Fernald (1924)
    • Myriophyllum spicatum var. capillaceum Lange (1880)
    • Myriophyllum spicatum var. exalbescens (Fernald) Jeps. (1925)
    • Myriophyllum spicatum subsp. exalbescens (Fernald) Hultén (1947)
    • Myriophyllum spicatum var. muricatum Maxim. (1873)

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.