Myriophyllum farwellii

Morong

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 146. 1891.

Common names: Farwell’s water-milfoil myriophylle de Farwell
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Herbs monoecious, aquatic, often forming dense stands. Rhizomes absent. Stems deli­cate, often branched, to 1 m, with numerous black, ascidiate trichomes. Turions present, green to brown, very narrowly cylindrical, with gradual and moderate transition from foliage leaves to slightly reduced turion leaves, to 10 cm, apex ± rounded; leaves pectinate and stiff, strongly appressed to axis, elliptic to narrowly obovate in outline, 11–23 (–40) × 1.5–3 (–4) mm; segments 6–12 (–14), longest segment (1.5–) 3–5.5 mm, basal segment less than or equal to 2/3 central axis of leaf, apex acute; brown, ascidiate trichomes scattered on surfaces and in axils. Leaves all submersed, usually in whorls of 3 (or 4), sometimes alternate or subverticillate, homomorphic; petiole 0–3 mm; leaves pectinate, ovate to elliptic or obovate in outline, (6–) 10–20 (–25) × (4–) 7–15 mm, seg­ments (7–) 10–14 (–16), linear-filiform, longest segment (4–) 8–15 (–22) mm, with black ascidiate tri­chomes scattered on surfaces and in axils. Inflorescences submersed, to 30 cm; flowers bisexual; bracteoles cream, trullate, 0.2–0.5 (–0.8) × (0.1–) 0.3–0.5 mm, margins entire or irregularly lobed, lobes with glan­dular fringe. Bisexual flowers: sepals green to cream or ± purple, ovate to trullate, 0.1–0.5 (–0.7) × 0.1–0.3 (–0.5) mm; petals persistent, cream to purple, elliptic to obovate, 0.6–1.3 × 0.3–0.8 mm; stamens 4, filaments to 0.5 mm, anthers 0.2–0.4 × 0.1–0.3 mm; pistils 0.8–1.2 × 0.2–0.3 mm, stigmas red to ± purple, to 0.5 mm. Fruits cylindric to subglobose, deeply 4-lobed. Mericarps tan to brown, cylindric, (1–) 1.5–2.5 × 0.5–0.9 mm, transversely hexagonal (rounded to obtusely angled adaxially), abaxial surface shallowly 4-angled, smooth or sparsely tuberculate, with 4 longitudinal ridges, ridges with irregular, shallow to pronounced, membranous wings, ribs absent. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering and fruiting Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Oligotrophic to mesotrophic, often highly tannic waters, lakes, ponds, and marshes.
Elevation: 0–600.

Distribution

B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ont., Que., Alaska, Conn., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.Y., Pa., R.I., Vt., Wis.

Discussion

Myriophyllum farwellii is distinguished from other water-milfoils, except M. humile, by submersed flowers and fruits in the axils of foliage leaves. It differs from M. humile by having distinctly larger, winged mericarps that are transversely hexagonal, versus smaller, wingless mericarps that are transversely elliptic to ovate. It produces elongate turions by midsummer with stiff, reduced leaves. These reduced leaves, which are dark green to black, are often visible at the base of new shoots in the next growing season, which can be an aid for identification. Its foliage leaves are mostly produced in whorls, contrary to what has been stated in the literature concerning an alternate or opposite arrangement.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Myriophyllum farwellii"
tuberculate +  and smooth +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
acute +  and rounded +
Robin W. Scribailo +  and Mitchell S. Alix +
Morong +
pectinate +, pinnatifid +, lobed +  and unlobed +
opposite +, alternate +  and paired +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
Farwell’s water-milfoil +  and myriophylle de Farwell +
B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Alaska +, Conn. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Vt. +  and Wis. +
0–600. +
cylindric +
papillate +, tuberculate +, rugose +  and scabrous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
4-merous +, staminate +  and pistillate +
purple +, redbrown +, brown +, green +, olive-brown +, tan +  and light green +
indehiscent +
4-lobed +, cylindric +  and subglobose +
red punctate +
Oligotrophic to mesotrophic, often highly tannic waters, lakes, ponds, and marshes. +
multiseriate +  and uniseriate +
perennial +
aquatic +  and semiaquatic +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
lateral +  and terminal +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
80+-flowered +  and simple +
homomorphic +
subverticillate +  and alternate +
2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br />) +
submersed +
linear-filiform +, ovate +  and elliptic or obovate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
serrate +  and entire +
lobed +  and entire +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
tan +  and brown +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
hexagonal +  and cylindric +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
indehiscent +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
pistillate +  and staminate +
cream +  and purple +
persistent +
0.6mm;1.3mm +
rudimentary +
elliptic +  and obovate +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Flowering and fruiting Jun–Aug. +
4-carpellate +  and 3-carpellate +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
shallow +
pronounced +
membranous +
purple +, redbrown +, brown +, green +, olive-brown +, tan +  and light green +
less ovoid +  and oblong or more or less globose cruciate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
green +  and cream or more or less purple +
persistent +
rudimentary +
ovate +  and trullate +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
brown splotches +  and red +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
red +  and more or less purple +
fimbriate +  and clavate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
smooth +  and more or less papillate +
Myriophyllum farwellii +
Myriophyllum +
species +
green +  and brown +
terminal +  and lateral +
cylindrical +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
shallow +
pronounced +
membranous +
transitional +
intermediate +