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.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Siberian water-milfoil being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Myriophyllum spicatum
- Myriophyllum alterniflorum
- Myriophyllum triphyllum
- Myriophyllum verticillatum
- Myriophyllum farwellii
- Myriophyllum quitense
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Saxifragales
- Family
- Haloragaceae
- Genus
- Myriophyllum
- Species
- Myriophyllum sibiricum
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