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§1 Plant

Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc.

vernacular parrot feather watermilfoil — species · Haloragaceae


USDA
MYAQ2
GBIF
5361785
Rank
species
parrot feather watermilfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum)
Platephotograph · Ulises InfanteCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Haloragaceae R. Br.
Genus
Myriophyllum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 318 counties across 25 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 318 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 318 counties across 25 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 26 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 17 I ▾
California view state ↗ 14 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 26 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 22 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 45 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 8 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 30 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 6 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 23 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 17 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/MYAQ2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5361785 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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