Azolla filiculoides Lam. APNI* Synonyms: Azolla filiculoides var. rubra (R.Br.) Strasb. APNI*
Description: Rhizome branched irregularly, the whole plant fan-shaped, circular or irregular in outline, usually to 20 mm diam.; roots in fully grown plants simple with no hair-like branches.
Fronds mostly < 2 mm long.
Mostly found covering the surface of still or slowly moving water.
Distribution and occurrence:
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. S.A.
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: R.J. Chinnock (1998)
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