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§1 Plant

Myriophyllum verticillatum L.

vernacular whorl-leaf watermilfoil — species · Haloragaceae


USDA
MYVE3
GBIF
5361779
Rank
species
whorl-leaf watermilfoil (Myriophyllum verticillatum)
Platephotograph · Association de bassin versant des 7 (ABV7)CC 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

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 186 counties across 23 states/territories
Legend Native · 186 Introduced · 0 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 186 counties across 23 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 11 N
Colorado view state ↗ 1 N
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N
Illinois view state ↗ 11 N
Indiana view state ↗ 7 N
Maine view state ↗ 10 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N
Michigan view state ↗ 33 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 22 N
Missouri view state ↗ 4 N
Montana view state ↗ 1 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N
New York view state ↗ 11 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 7 N
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N
Utah view state ↗ 4 N
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 36 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/MYVE3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/5361779 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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