Description and images of Myriophyllum aquaticum (), a native Chilean plant, provided by the supplier of native exotic Chilean seeds, Chileflora.com

INTRODUCTION

Image of Myriophyllum aquaticum ()

Image of Myriophyllum aquaticum

III Region, Juntas Valeriano, Chile
Altitude: 1600-1900 m. 10 31, 2007

DESCRIPTION

Plant type: Perennial

Height: 30 cm.

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HABITAT

In Chile this species grows in the following environmental conditions:

Habitat according to altitude:

Medium altitude up to the timber line
Low altitude, interior valleys

Watering conditions:

The plant grows in water or it has its roots within a permanent water course. This corresponds to marshes, bogs, water courses, lake and river shores.

Light conditions:

Some shadow. Some protection against direct sunlight, some shadow from vegetation, filtering about 20 - 40 % of light.
In shadow. Steep slopes facing south or a vegetation cover which filters 40 - 80 % of light.
In deep shadow. Deep ravines facing south with additional shadow from trees, or where there is a very dense vegetation cover which gives 80 - 100 % shadow (for instance, the Valdivian forests)

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USES

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GROWING TIPS

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More species from the same Haloragaceae family in our data base:

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Species:	Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc.
Family:	Haloragaceae
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Record:	0851
	About 2 Myriophyllum in Chile and 1 in our data base.
	About 6 Haloragaceae in Chile and 1 in our data base.




	Native Frequent Height: 30 cm.