Freshwater
Nardoo
Marsilea crenata
Marsileaceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Under water
- Placement
- Foreground
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Helps
- Growth
- Slow
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Height
- Up to 5 cm
Range
Native
Lives wild in Australia, Borneo, Indonesia, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, and 2 more countries.
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More about the species
Description
Marsilea crenata is a species of fern found in Southeast Asia. It is an aquatic plant looking like a four leaf clover. Leaves float in deep water or erect in shallow water or on land. Leaflets glaucous, sporocarp ellipsoid, on stalks attached to base of petioles.
Other names
No other names.
Articles
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