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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

Leaves borne in 3s; appear 2-ranked, but with 3rd leaf finely dissected and dangling, resembling roots. Read more at Center for Aquatic & Invasive Plants.

Salvinia is a floating aquatic, with leaves borne in whorls of three, two of which are the conspicuous floating leaves, to 5 cm long, and round or elliptical; the third leaf is dissected and pendant into the water. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salvinia minima   FAMILY Salviniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Salvinia minima

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Salvinia minima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Salvinia minima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)

Salvinia minima

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Salvinia auriculata

 

COMMON NAME:
Water Spangles, Floating Fern

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Salvinia minima   FAMILY Salviniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salvinia minima   FAMILY Salviniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salvinia minima

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Salvinia minima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Salvinia minima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Salvinia minima

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Salvinia auriculata