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Your search found 8 taxa in the family Haloragaceae, Water-milfoil family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Marsh Mermaid-weed, Common Mermaid-weed
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Proserpinaca palustris FAMILY: Haloragaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Proserpinaca intermedia FAMILY: Haloragaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Proserpinaca palustris 138-01-001 FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Habitat: Wet places, swamp forests
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Feathery Mermaid-weed
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Proserpinaca pectinata FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Proserpinaca pectinata FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Proserpinaca pectinata 138-01-003 FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Habitat: Bogs, savannas, ditches, other wet places
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Parrot-feather
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Myriophyllum aquaticum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Myriophyllum aquaticum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Myriophyllum brasiliense 138-02-001 FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Habitat: Ditches, slow-moving rivers, pools, ponds
Common (rare in Mountains)
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
Loose Water-milfoil, Sandhills Milfoil, Lax Water-milfoil, Piedmont Water-milfoil
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Myriophyllum laxum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Myriophyllum laxum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Myriophyllum laxum 138-02-002 FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Habitat: Limesink depression ponds (dolines), spring-runs, rarely also in lakes
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Water-milfoil, Variable-leaf Water-milfoil
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Myriophyllum heterophyllum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Myriophyllum heterophyllum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Myriophyllum heterophyllum 138-02-004 FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Habitat: Ditches, slow-moving waters of rivers and streams, pools, ponds, springs
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Common Water-milfoil
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Myriophyllum sibiricum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Myriophyllum sibiricum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Habitat: Quiet circumneutral to alkaline waters
Native north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Eurasian Water-milfoil
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Myriophyllum spicatum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Myriophyllum spicatum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Habitat: Ponds and impoundments
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Eurasia
Common Name: Whorled Water-milfoil
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Myriophyllum verticillatum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Myriophyllum verticillatum FAMILY: Haloragaceae
Habitat: Quiet waters
Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia (a circumboreal species)
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