A Millfoil at suppressed
Identification history
| Myriophyllum lophatum/pedunculatum | 12 Nov 2021 | JaneR |
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User's notes
This is a very tiny plant, on drying soils in high altitude wetland.
Material has a few buds, just evident in second photograph, but is not yet fully mature.
ID by herbarium (Dave Albrecht) is that this is either Myriophyllum lophatum or M. pedunculatum, and that it is not possible to resolve which without fruits.
Would it be worthwhile creating a new aggregated 'species' of Myriophyllum lophatum/pedunculatum ? (given the low likelihood of photographs being submitted of mature fruit ).
There were several patches of this plant, all on a low spot which was drying. Unless it is a really wet summer, desiccation is more likely rather than completing reproduction.
2 comments
JaneR
wrote:
12 Nov 2021
An interesting note: the type specimen for Myriophyllum lophatum was collected by Tony Orchard from "Smokers Gap" off Corin Dam Road, in 1975.
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 1 Nov 2021 02:36 PM Recorded on
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Additional information
- Less than 10cm Plant height
Species information
- Myriophyllum lophatum/pedunculatum Scientific name
- A Millfoil Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 1336.85m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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