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| Botanical Name: |
Marsilea mutica
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| Sounds like: |
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| Common Name: |
Rainbow Nardoo
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| Family Name: |
MARSILEACEAE
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| Genus: |
Marsilea
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| species |
mutica
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| Name Derivation |
G: commemorating Count L.F. Marsigli (Marsileus), Italian naturalist; S: Lat. blunt
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| Growth Habit: |
Sporocarps ground to provide flour (food)
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| Dimensions: |
Leaf stalks up to 1m long; on spreading stolons
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| Flower: |
Spores produced in sporocarps on branched stalks at base of fronds
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| Climate: |
Must have plenty of water
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| Fruit: |
n/a
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| Propagation: |
Spores, division
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| Horticulture Use: |
Ornamental on water surface of ponds
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| Culture & Maintenance: |
Preferably grown in deep or shallow water-will survive, but not thrive, on damp soils
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| Foliage: |
Fronds clover-like; 4 leaflets up to 10cm diameter; glossy green
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