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Water-Milfoil (Myriophyllum)

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Water-Milfoil Genus Details

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Water milfoil is a perennial native to North America. It is an aquatic plant with leaves in bunches of fours spiralling around a purplish red stem. Male flowers are purplish and appear at the end of the flowering stem. The lower whitish flowers are female. Reproduction is from seeds, fragmentation and winterbuds. If the levels of water milfoil get high enough, they may impede water flow in irrigation ditches, drainage canals and water ways.

Water-Milfoil Allergy Info

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Pollen is wind dispersed from spring to fall depending on locality. Allergencity is not extensively studied.

Water-Milfoil Pollen Description

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No pollen description is currently available.

Species in This Genus

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Allergenicity Legend:
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Water-Milfoil (Myriophyllum) is a genus of the HALORAGACEAE family.
This genus includes the following allergenic species:

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Water-Milfoil Genus Location

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The shaded areas on the map indicates where the genus has been observed in the United States. Click the map to see a full scale version of these allergy areas.
  - Native, observed in a county
  - Introduced, observed in a county
  - Rarely observed

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