What is Hydrilla?
{{Speciesbox |image = Hydrilla USGS.jpg |genus = Hydrilla |parent_authority = [[Louis Claude Richard|Rich.]] |species = verticillata |authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus the younger|L.f.]]) [[John Forbes Royle|Royle]] |synonyms = }} '''''Hydrilla''''' is a [[genus]] of [[aquatic plant]]. It contains only one species '''''Hydrilla verticillata'''''. Some botanists divide it into different species. It is a submersed plant. It can grow to the surface and form dense mats. It can form in all types of water bodies. Hydrilla stems are slender, branched up to 25 feet long. Hydrilla’s small leaves are strap-like.<ref>Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Hydrilla&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Hydrilla'']</ref><ref>Flora of Taiwan: [http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/udth/bin/fot1.exe/browse?bid=5&page=15 ''Hydrilla''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071126095944/http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/udth/bin/fot1.exe/browse?bid=5&page=15 |date=2007-11-26 }}</ref><ref name=apni>Australian Plant Name Index: [http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_name=Hydrilla%25 ''Hydrilla''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305140909/https://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_name=Hydrilla%25 |date=2022-03-05 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/profile/hydrilla Species Profile- Hydrilla (''Hydrilla verticillata'')], National Invasive Species Information Center, [[United States National Agricultural Library]]. Lists general information and resources for Hydrilla. [[Category:Aquatic plants]] [[Category:Alismatales]] {{biology-stub}}