Citation: R.Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 167 (1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Green azolla, ferny azolla, duckweed.

Description:
Plants triangular in outline, roots feathery; pinnae regularly produced; leaves oblong-triangular but apex rounded, margins slightly membranous; surface prominently tuberculate in the basal half, reddish-brown; microsporangiate massulae more or less conical, with 1-6 non-barbed processes aggregated together at one end.

Published illustration: Sainty & Jacobs (1981) Waterplants of New South Wales, p. 70.

Distribution:  On ponds and along rivers, covering extensive areas on slow or non-moving waters. Often associated with A. rubra. S.Aust.: MU, SL, SE.   Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.   New Zealand; New Guinea; Asia; Africa. Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available