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Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Salviniales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Azolla pinnata ssp. asiatica   FAMILY Salviniaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Azolla pinnata ssp. asiatica   FAMILY Azollaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Azolla pinnata ssp. asiatica

 

COMMON NAME:
Pinnate Mosquito-fern, Asian Mosquito-fern, Feathered Mosquito-fern


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Azolla pinnata ssp. asiatica   FAMILY Salviniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Azolla pinnata ssp. asiatica   FAMILY Azollaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Azolla pinnata ssp. asiatica

 

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4394

Fern/Fern ally; Floating aquatic (the roots floating)
Annual

Habitat: Still waters, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Asia

Waif(s)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Regularly 2(3)-pinnately compound (tiny), generally equilaterally triangular in outline
Alternate

FRUIT:
None seen

 

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