• Family : HALORAGACEAE
  (Watermilfoil Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : MYRIOPHYLLUM FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : HALORAGACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Haloragis oligantha Wight & Arn.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Ponds
• Comments / notes : Partly or fully submerged semi-aquatic herbs in marshes or ponds on hills up to 1600 m.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district
  • Karnataka : Kolar district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Myriophyllum oliganthum. Downloaded on 2 October 2023.

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