Haloragaceae
Whorl-leaf watermilfoil
Myriophyllum verticillatum
- Family
- Haloragaceae
- Genus
- Myriophyllum
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Common names
By language (24)
- Belarusian
- Шышняк мутоўчаты
- Bulgarian
- Прешленолистен многолистник
- Cantonese
- 狐尾藻
- Catalan
- Myriophylle verticillé
- Chinese
- 狐尾藻, 轮叶狐尾藻
- Czech
- Stolístek přeslenatý, Stolístek přeslenitý
- Dutch
- Kransvederkruid
- English
- Whorl-leaf watermilfoil, Whorled leaf water milfoil, Whorled milfoil, Whorled water-milfoil
- Estonian
- Männas-vesikuusk
- Finnish
- Kiehkuraärviä
- French
- Myriophylle verticillé, Volant à Fleurs Verticillées
- German
- Quirliges Tausendblatt, Quirl-Tausendblatt, Myriophylle verticillé
- hsb
- Mutličkaty stolistnik
- Japanese
- フサモ
- Korean
- 물수세미
- Lithuanian
- Menturinė plunksnalapė, Myriophylle verticillé
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kranstusenblad
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Kranstusenblad
- Persian
- پرطاووسی
- Polish
- Wywłócznik okółkowy
- Russian
- Уруть мутовчатая
- Slovenian
- Vretenčasti rmanec
- Swedish
- Kransslinga, Myriophylle verticillé
- Welsh
- Myrdd-ddail troellennog
Synonyms
- Myriophyllum limosum Hectot ex DC.
- Myriophyllum pectinatum DC.
- Myriophyllum siculum Guss.
- Myriophyllum verticillatum subsp. pectinatum (Wallr.) Piper & Beattie
- Myriophyllum verticillatum var. intermedium W.D.J.Koch
- Myriophyllum verticillatum var. pectinatum Wallr.
- Potamogeton verticillatum Walter
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 172 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 15:25, 23 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kenraiz Krzysztof Ziarnek, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Traper Bemowski, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Игорь Васильев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jonathan Sowers, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Myriophyllum mattogrossensisHaloragaceae
- Cutleaf watermilfoilMyriophyllum pinnatumHaloragaceae
- Myriophyllum simulansHaloragaceae
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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.