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Marsilea drummondii A.Braun

Marsilée de Drummond (fr)

Species

Pteridophytes > Salviniales > Marsileaceae > Marsilea

Characteristics

Rhizome much-branched, with dense brownish scales towards the tips. Fronds 2–30 cm long, solitary or clustered. Stipes glabrous or scaly. Leaflets broadly obovate to broadly cuneate, 10–35 mm long, 3–10 mm wide, glabrous or scaly; outer margin rounded, entire to deeply crenate. Sporocarps solitary or clustered; stalks 10–50 mm long, unbranched, 2–10 times the length of the conceptacle, glabrous to scaly; conceptacles oblong, 4–9 mm long, densely scaly, faintly to distinctly ribbed; upper basal tooth triangular, acute; lower basal tooth longer, obtuse.
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A fern which looks like a four leafed clover. The new leaflets are covered with long silver hairs. It grows 2-30 cm high. The rootstock is long and creeping. It is branched. The stalks are 2-30 cm long and clustered on the underground rootstock. The leaflets are 1-4 cm long by 0.5-1.2 cm wide. They are broadly oval or wedge shaped. They can be grey or silver and can have hairs. The leaf that bears spores is 1-6 cm long. The capsule is 0.5-1 cm long. There are about 2 teeth at the base.
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Growth support aquatic
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system creeping-root rhizome
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Environment

A tropical and subtropical plant. It can grow in moist soil or grow in ponds where the leaves float on the water. It grows in inland Australia. It tolerates most frosts. It suits hardiness zones 9-11.
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Growing in mud and shallow water in the montane zone. Shallow, still or slowly moving water.
Growing in mud and shallow water in the montane zone. Shallow, still or slowly moving water.
Grows in shallow still or sluggishly moving water.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 7-12
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The sporocarps which contain the spores are ground into flour. They are cooked. The roots are ground into a dough and then cooked. CAUTION: Because there are toxins, this food needs special preparation.
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Edible roots seeds
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Cultivation

Plants are grown by division. The spore bodies can dry out and grow after rain.
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Images

Marsilea drummondii unspecified picture

Distribution

Marsilea drummondii world distribution map, present in Australia and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17144900-1
WFO ID wfo-0001257173
COL ID 3Y99Y
BDTFX ID 103050
INPN ID 611021
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Synonyms

Marsilea hirsutissima Marsilea howittiana Marsilea macra Marsilea macropus Marsilea muelleri Marsilea nardu Marsilea oxaloides Marsilea sericea Zaluzianskia macropus Marsilea elata Zaluzianskia drummondii Zaluzianskia macropus Marsilea drummondii Marsilea drummondii f. macra Marsilea drummondii var. hirsutissima Marsilea drummondii var. howittiana Marsilea drummondii var. nardu Marsilea drummondii var. oxaloides Marsilea drummondii var. sericea
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