Marsilea vestita
Water form
Land form
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Salviniales
Family: Marsileaceae
Genus: Marsilea
Species:
M. vestita
Binomial name
Marsilea vestita
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Marsilea brevipes Nutt.
    • Marsilea fournieri C.Chr.
    • Marsilea longipes Austin
    • Marsilea minuta Fourn.
    • Marsilea mucronata A.Braun
    • Marsilea picta Fée
    • Marsilea tenuifolia Engelm. ex A.Braun
    • Marsilea uncinata A.Braun
    • Marsilea vestita var. tenuifolia (Engelm. ex A.Braun) Underw.
    • Marsilea vestita subsp. tenuifolia (Engelm. ex A.Braun) D.M.Johnson
    • Zaluzianskia tenuifolia (Engelm. ex A.Braun) Kuntze
    • Zaluzianskia vestita (Hook. & Grev.) Kuntze

Marsilea vestita, the hairy water-clover, is a species of largely aquatic fern in the family Marsileaceae.[2] It is native to western and central North America, the Bahamas, Barbuda, and Peru.[1] It can grow into a water form or a land form, depending on local conditions.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Marsilea vestita Hook. & Grev". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Marsilea vestita". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Gaudet, John J. (1963). "Marsilea vestita: Conversion of the Water Form to the Land Form by Darkness and by Far-Red Light". Science. 140 (3570): 975–976. Bibcode:1963Sci...140..975G. doi:10.1126/science.140.3570.975. PMID 17836482. S2CID 45782742.


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