Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian watermilfoil or spiked water-milfoil) is a submerged perennial aquatic plant which grows in still or slow-moving water. Eurasian watermilfoil is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, but has a wide geographic and climatic distribution among some 57 countries, extending from northern Canada to South Africa. It is considered to be a highly invasive species.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Eurasian 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 sibiricum
- Myriophyllum triphyllum
- Myriophyllum alterniflorum
- Myriophyllum quitense
- Myriophyllum verticillatum
- Ceratophyllum demersum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Saxifragales
- Family
- Haloragaceae
- Genus
- Myriophyllum
- Species
- Myriophyllum spicatum
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