Freshwater
Rough waterclover
Marsilea hirsuta
Marsileaceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Under water
- Placement
- Foreground
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Helps
- Growth
- Slow
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Height
- Up to 5 cm
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Australia.
Introduced to Portugal, United Kingdom, and United States.
More about the species
Description
Marsilea hirsuta, known as the nardoo, is a species of aquatic fern in the family Marsileaceae. A widespread species with wide clover like fronds, found in flood plains and swamps in Australia. This plant was first mentioned in the scientific literature in 1810, in the Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, authored by Scottish botanist, Robert Brown. One of the many plants listed with a type as "(J.T.) v.v.".
Other names
Other scientific names
- Marsilea azorica
- Zaluzianskia hirsuta
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