Salvinia natans (L.) All.

Floating watermoss (en), Salvinie nageante (fr), Salvinia nageante (fr), Salvinia nageant (fr)

Species

Pteridophytes > Salviniales > Salviniaceae > Salvinia

Characteristics

Floating fronds sessile or with stipe to ca. 1 mm; lamina Robinia-shaped, 0.8-1.4 × 0.5-0.8 cm, base rounded or subcordate, margin entire, apex obtuse; lateral veins 15-20 on each side of costa, each one with 5-8 low dome-shaped papillae, each with a terminal bunch of ca. 4 white setae; lamina deep green on upper surface, densely brown villous on lower surface; submersed fronds finely dissected into linear segments, covered with hairs, and acting as roots. Sporocarps 4-8, clustered at bases of submersed fronds, with sparse bunches of hairs; microsporocarps yellowish, megasporocarps brownish.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic
Foliage retention -
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination hydrogamy
Spread hydrochory
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-8
Soil humidity 8-12
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses fodder medicinal
Edible -
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Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Salvinia natans leaf picture by Jorge Alcauza (cc-by-sa)
Salvinia natans leaf picture by Imtiyaz Ahmad (cc-by-sa)
Salvinia natans leaf picture by Radoslav Marinkovic (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Salvinia natans flower picture by Radoslav Marinkovic (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Salvinia natans world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Belarus, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Algeria, Spain, France, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Netherlands, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Puerto Rico, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Province of China, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, and South Africa

Conservation status

Salvinia natans threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17219920-1
WFO ID wfo-0001117304
COL ID 79GKY
BDTFX ID 60233
INPN ID 120709
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Trichomanes villosulum Marsilea salvinioides Marsilea patens Salvinia sprengelii Salvinia verticillata Salvinia vulgaris Salvinia europaea Marsilea natans Salvinia natans