Marsileaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Marsilea angustifolia
Marsilea angustifolia R.Br.
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/104366
Narrow-leaf Nardoo
Rhizome much-branched, glabrous except at the tips. Fronds 5–30 cm long, clustered. Stipes glabrous or scaly. Leaflets narrowly cuneate, 5–20 mm long, 3–5 mm wide, spreading equally, glabrous or scaly; outer margin entire, flat to rounded. Sporocarps in clusters; stalks 1–3 mm long, unbranched, glabrous; conceptacles 5–5.5 mm long, scaly, indistinctly ribbed; upper surface convex; upper basal tooth prominent; lower basal tooth absent; apex of the stalk forming a less prominent tooth-like protuberance.
Endemic to NW NT and WA.
Aquatic or terrestrial in seasonally wet areas.
Field AR, Quinn CJ, Zich FA (2022) Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes. apps.lucidcentral.org/fern/text/intro/index.htm (accessed online INSERT DATE).
Field AR, Quinn CJ, Zich FA (2022) ‘Platycerium superbum’, in Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes. apps.lucidcentral.org/fern/text/entities/platycerium_superbum.htm (accessed online INSERT DATE).