Marsilea exarata A.Braun

Species

Pteridophytes > Salviniales > Marsileaceae > Marsilea

Characteristics

Rhizome much-branched, scaly towards the tips, glabrescent. Fronds 1–10 cm long, solitary or clustered. Stipes glabrous or scaly. Leaflets broadly obovate to broadly cuneate, 1–13 mm long, 2–8 mm wide, often arranged unequally in pairs, glabrous to densely scaly; outer margin rounded, entire to crenate. Sporocarps solitary; stalks 1–3 mm long, unbranched, glabrous to scaly; conceptacles 4–5 mm long, scaly, ribbed; upper surface flat to concave; upper basal tooth broadly triangular; lower basal tooth of similar size but narrower and often recurved.
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Grows in shallow water and drying mud.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Marsilea exarata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17144950-1
WFO ID wfo-0001286843
COL ID 7363N
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Synonyms

Marsilea paradoxa Marsilea exarata Marsilea hirsuta var. exarata