Marsilea mollis B.L.Rob. & Fernald

Chihuahuan waterclover (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Salviniales > Marsileaceae > Marsilea

Characteristics

Plants forming dense clones. Roots arising at nodes. Petioles 1--14 cm, sparsely erect-pilose to glabrous. Pinnae 2--17 × 1--16 mm, densely pilose abaxially, sparsely pilose adaxially. Sporocarp stalks erect, unbranched, attached at base of petiole, or rarely up to 3.8 mm above it, not hooked at apex, 1.7--6.7 mm. Sporocarps nodding or perpendicular, 2.4--5 × 2--3 mm, 1.3--1.7 mm thick, ovate in lateral view, covered with needlelike hairs with spreading tips when young but soon glabrate; raphe 0.6--1.4 mm, proximal tooth 0.2 mm, blunt, or absent, distal tooth 0.2 mm or absent. Sori 10--14.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Marsilea mollis world distribution map, present in Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:153668-2
WFO ID wfo-0001113710
COL ID 72TRH
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Synonyms

Marsilea mollis Marsilea punae