English name: Parrot feather

German name: Papageienfeder

Taxonomy

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Saxifragales

Family: Haloragidaceae

Genus: Myriophyllum

Species: Myriophyllum aquaticum

The Parrot feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum) is an emergent, dicotyledonous macrophyte. Because of its high regeneration potential after cutting the plant to pieces you can produce easily a lot of equal sprouts – to create good initial conditions for biotests.
The Parrot feather is native to South America.