Haloragaceae
Watermilfoil Family
The Haloragaceae family (Watermilfoil Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Saxifragales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 2 species. Its members are predominantly herbs. Several members are valued in traditional medicine. Familiar examples include Few-Flowered Watermilfoil and Red Myriophyllum.
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Finely feathery, often whorled leaves on aquatic and marsh herbs, with submerged leaves typically much more finely divided than any emergent ones on the same plant; tiny, often petal-less flowers form along a spike that rises just above the water.
Many species show striking leaf dimorphism — the same plant grows finely feathered, thread-like leaves underwater and broader, simpler leaves in air, an adaptation to two very different light and support conditions.
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Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryActinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- InflorescenceVariable
- FruitDrupe
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 2 species in HALORAGACEAE
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