Marsileaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Marsilea crenata
Marsilea crenata C.Presl
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/104404
Nardoo
Rhizome long-creeping, bearing nodal roots and peltate apical scales, rhizome much-branched, scaly towards the tips. Fronds 1–20 cm long, solitary or clustered. Stipes glabrous or sparsely scaly. Leaflets broadly obovate to broadly cuneate, 10–25 mm long, 3–8 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely scaly; outer margin rounded, entire to deeply crenate. Sporocarps clustered; stalks 1–3 mm long, unbranched, glabrous to sparsely scaly; conceptacles 2–3 mm long, scaly, not ribbed; upper surface convex; upper basal tooth long and spine-like; lower basal tooth short, obtuse.
Occurs in NT and NE and central QLD. Also in Malesia.
Aquatic, amphibious or terrestrial, grows in shallow water or drying mud.
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