Myriophyllum sibiricum

Myriophyllum sibiricum is a species of water milfoil known by the common names shortspike watermilfoil,^[4] 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.

Myriophyllum sibiricum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Haloragaceae
Genus:	Myriophyllum
Species:	M. sibiricum
Binomial name
Myriophyllum sibiricum Kom., 1914
Synonyms[3]
List Myriophyllum exalbescens Fernald (1919) Myriophyllum exalbescens var. magdalenense (Fernald) Á.Löve (1961) Myriophyllum magdalenense Fernald (1924) Myriophyllum spicatum var. capillaceum Lange (1880) Myriophyllum spicatum var. exalbescens (Fernald) Jeps. (1925) Myriophyllum spicatum subsp. exalbescens (Fernald) Hultén (1947) Myriophyllum spicatum var. muricatum Maxim. (1873)

Description

The erect inflorescence is a spike of small flowers up to 8 centimetres (3 inches) long which grows above the water's surface.