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Carl Farmer |
Common in lochs, burns and rivers. Leaves c 1-2.5 cm ID: Leaves usually 4 in a whorl, each pinnate with linear segments giving feathery effect. That much in common with Spiked Water-Milfoil. But flower-spike different, upper (male) flowers in ones or twos, not whorls of 4. Other features: Lowest flowers are female in whorls of 2-4, above these are hemaphrodite flowers, and at the top male flowers in ones or twos. Petals yellow streaked with red. Flower-spike has drooping tip in bud, unlike with Spiked Water-Milfoil |
