Marsilea costulifera

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information

Wikipedia links:        Monilophytes > Salviniales > Marsileaceae > Marsilea costulifera

Other links:     https://australianecosystems.com.au/nursery/aquatic-plants/marsilea-costulifera/

Species:    M drummondii,  M costulifera

Plant  information

Common name:         Narrow-Leaf Nardoo

Conservation status: Least concern (Qld)

Etymology:   

• Honours Italian naturalist Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (1656–1730)

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Spores:                            

Leaves:         

• Fronds arising in groups along the rhizome

• Leaflets very narrow-oblanceolate

• Paired 4-10mm long, 25mm wide

• Unequally arranged and distinctly sparsely hairy to glabrous

Stem & branches: 

• Rhizome creeping 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Rhizome creeping fern, covered with pale brown hairs at the apex

• Height: 0.1m

• Width: 0.1m

Habitat:   

• Full sun, semi-shade

• Muddy verges

Distribution:                  

Additional notes:   

• Ecological role: Frog habitat

Sources of information:

•  https://australianecosystems.com.au/nursery/aquatic-plants/marsilea-costulifera/ (2023)