Myriophyllum simulans

Water Milfoil at Wanniassa Hill

Myriophyllum simulans at Wanniassa Hill - 7 Feb 2016
Myriophyllum simulans at Wanniassa Hill - 7 Feb 2016
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Identification history

Myriophyllum simulans 12 Feb 2016 MichaelMulvaney
Myriophyllum simulans 9 Feb 2016 ArcherCallaway
Unidentified 7 Feb 2016 ArcherCallaway

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6 comments

Mike wrote:
   10 Feb 2016
Is this planted in one of the dams?
   10 Feb 2016
There was a clump on the damp part of the south shore hidden in grass/sedge. The fact that the marker is in the middle of the dam is GPS inaccuracy- will fix
Mike wrote:
   10 Feb 2016
I can't see the location (which dam it is) until the plant is identified, but it looks like the Myriophyllum simulans planted on Isaacs Ridge (Mugga Lane) so it could have been part of the same project.
   10 Feb 2016
You are probably right, at least with this being a species of Myriophyllum
BettyDonWood wrote:
   13 Feb 2016
I have tried both the VicFlora and PlantNET keys and both come down to Myriophyllum simulans (emergent leaves in whorls of mostly 3 or 4, sometimes irregularly so; stigmas pink, fading to white) or Myiophyllum variifolium (emergent leaves in strict whorls of usually 5; stigmas white). It does not really fit either.
Mike wrote:
   13 Feb 2016
The ones planted in the Isaacs Ridge site were supplied as Myriophyllum crispatum or
Myriophyllum verrucosum which don't fit either.

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