Family: Marsileaceae
Group: Pteridophyte
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Central and western North America, the West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba), Mexico and a disjunct population in South America (Peru). Sometimes cultivated and naturalized elsewhere, including Florida.
Map of Florida Locations
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Assumed to be Cultivated
Comments: The Miami-Dade County record (FTG) is based on a greenhouse specimen collected by W.S. Philips in 1937. Recently collected in a ditch in Collier County: see
University of Florida online collections catalog.
Synonyms: M. mucronata, M. uncinata.
