New Mexico Plants: Watermilfoil Family

(Haloragaceae)

 

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Parrot Feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum)

This non-native species is used in aquariums, which is probably why it has escaped into the Rio Grande watershed. I found this scattered colony in the Atrisco Riverside Drain, at the edge of the Bosque.