Freshwater
Pillwort
Pilularia globulifera
Marsileaceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
Native
Lives wild in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, and 11 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Pilularia globulifera, or pillwort, is an unusual species of fern in the family Marsileaceae. It is native to western Europe, where it grows at the edges of lakes, ponds, ditches and marshes, on wet clay or clay-sand soil, sometimes in water up to 30 cm (12 in) deep.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Calamistrum globuliferum
- Pilularia natans
In other languages
- Klotgräs
- Pilledrager
- Ormio, Euroopanormio
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