OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Salviniales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Marsilea macropoda   FAMILY Marsileaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marsilea macropoda   FAMILY Marsileaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Marsilea macropoda

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Marsilea macropoda

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Marsilea macropoda

 

COMMON NAME:
 Golden Waterclover, Big-footed Waterclover

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Marsilea macropoda   FAMILY Marsileaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Marsilea macropoda   FAMILY Marsileaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Marsilea macropoda

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Marsilea macropoda

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
 Marsilea macropoda

 

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3837

Fern/Fern ally; Emergent aquatic (rooted)
Perennial

Habitat: Shallow water, wet ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Mexico, southern Texas

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Invasive?

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LEAVES:
Leaves deciduous in temperate regions
Each leaf (frond) palmately divided into 4 leaflets, resembling a 4-leaf clover

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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