Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Salviniales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Marsilea mutica
FAMILY
Marsileaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marsilea mutica
FAMILY
Marsileaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Marsilea mutica
COMMON NAME:
Australian Waterclover, Nardoo
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Marsilea mutica
FAMILY
Marsileaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marsilea mutica
FAMILY
Marsileaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Marsilea mutica
3838
Fern/Fern ally; Emergent aquatic (rooted)
Perennial
Non-native: Australasia
Documented growing wild in - - -
Look for it in ditches, ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Alabama Invasive Plant Council, 2012
- Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Southeast
LEAVES:
Evergreen, but dormant in cold weather? Leaves deciduous in temperate regions?
Each leaf (frond) palmately divided into 4 leaflets, resembling a 4-leaf clover
FRUIT:
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!