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Marsilea ancylopoda A. Braun
Blunt-spined water-clover

Family: Marsileaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Scattered in the Greater Antilles (not Cuba), Central America and South America; cultivated and sometimes naturalized elsewhere.

Map of Florida Locations

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

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Marsilea ancylopoda has been found in the following habitat :
Disturbed Wetland