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Marsilea drummondii A.Braun
Common Nardoo

Reference
Linnaea 25:721 (1853)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, perennial, herb or (fern), 0.02-0.3 m high, aquatic or amphibious; leaflets 4; peduncle of sporocarp 1.5-10 times longer than sporocarp. Fl. Sep. Red sand or clay loam. In claypans, waterholes, rivers and swamps.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 October 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mardabilla, Merredin, Mitchell, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Roebourne, Rudall, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Beverley, Broomehill-Tambellup, Capel, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Derby-West Kimberley, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Irwin, Jerramungup, Kondinin, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Moora, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Swan, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.