Family: Marsileaceae
Marsilea hirsuta
Citation:
R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 167 (1810).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Short-fruit nardoo.
Description:
Rhizome branched, becoming glabrous; fronds densely or sparsely hairy or glabrescent; leaflets broadly obovate-cuneate, entire or irregularly crenate, equally or unequally arranged; sporocarps solitary or in groups at the base of the frond; sporocarp 4-7 mm long, upper side flat or curved, apex rounded; teeth 2, equal.
| Sporocarps. Natural size on left enlarged on right
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Image source: fig. 46d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE. W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: No flowering time is available |
SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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