INTRODUCTION

Image of Myriophyllum aquaticum

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

DESCRIPTION

Plant type: Perennial

Height: 30 cm.

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)

USES

GROWING TIPS

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

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Myriophyllum brasiliense (hierba del sapo/llorona)