family
Water Milfoil Family
Haloragaceae
Field notes
Haloragaceae (the watermilfoil family) is a eudicot flowering plant family in the order Saxifragales, based on the phylogenetic APG system. In the Cronquist system, it was included in the order Haloragales.
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native water milfoil family members All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Siberian Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum sibiricum
caterpillars
3
food
9
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Whorled Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum verticillatum
caterpillars
2
hosts
1
food
6
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Broadleaf Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum heterophyllum
caterpillars
2
food
10
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Low Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum humile
caterpillars
2
food
7
shelter
1
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Slender Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum tenellum
caterpillars
2
food
7
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Alternate Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum alterniflorum
caterpillars
2
food
7
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Cutleaf Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum pinnatum
caterpillars
2
food
6
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Farwell's Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum farwellii
caterpillars
2
food
6
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Loose Watermilfoil
Myriophyllum laxum
caterpillars
2
food
5
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Western Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum hippuroides
caterpillars
1
food
6
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Marsh Mermaidweed
Proserpinaca palustris
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Combleaf Mermaidweed
Proserpinaca pectinata
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Intermediate Mermaidweed
Proserpinaca intermedia
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Ussurian Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum ussuriense