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Electronic Flora of South Australia species Fact Sheet

Family: Marsileaceae
Marsilea hirsuta

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

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Short-fruit nardoo.

Description:
Rhizome branched, becoming glabrous; fronds densely or sparsely hairy or glabrescent; leaflets broadly obovate-cuneate, entire or irregularly crenate, equally or unequally arranged; sporocarps solitary or in groups at the base of the frond; sporocarp 4-7 mm long, upper side flat or curved, apex rounded; teeth 2, equal.

image of FSA1_Marsilea_hir.jpg Sporocarps. Natural size on left enlarged on right
Image source: fig. 46d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: No flowering time is available


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