Red Myriophyllum
Myriophyllum tuberculatum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering
- September-December
How to identify Red Myriophyllum
Identify Red Myriophyllum by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Reddish feathery submerged foliage.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Haloragaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Red Myriophyllum.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Myriophyllum tuberculatum
- Genus
- Myriophyllum
- Family
- Haloragaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Ponds
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia to Australia
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-December
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Haloragaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Red Myriophyllum
Red Myriophyllum (Myriophyllum tuberculatum) belongs to the Haloragaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It grows in ponds. Flowering and fruiting run from September to December.
Haloragaceae
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Red Myriophyllum belongs to the Haloragaceae family.
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