Haloragaceae
Low watermilfoil
Myriophyllum humile
- Family
- Haloragaceae
- Genus
- Myriophyllum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 矮狐尾藻, 矮茶
- English
- Low watermilfoil
Synonyms
- Burshia humilis Raf.
- Myriophyllum ambiguum Nutt.
- Myriophyllum ambiguum var. capillaceum (Torr.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Myriophyllum ambiguum var. humile (Raf.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
- Myriophyllum ambiguum var. limosum Nutt.
- Myriophyllum ambiguum var. natans DC.
- Myriophyllum capillaceum Torr.
- Myriophyllum humile f. capillaceum Fernald
- Myriophyllum humile f. humile
- Myriophyllum humile f. natans (DC.) Fernald
- Myriophyllum procumbens Bigelow
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Frog The Kermit, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Haley Gladitsch, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Haley Gladitsch, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Haley Gladitsch, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ian Pfingsten, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Branson Khounvichith, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Doug Suitor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Haley Gladitsch, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.