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Salvinia ×molesta D.S.Mitch.
Salvinia

Reference
Brit.Fern.Gaz. 10:251-252 (1973)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, herb or (fern), 0.05-0.2 m high, floating aquatic; leaves in whorls of 3: 2 floating leaves and 1 submerged root-like water-leaf. Still or slow-flowing fresh water ponds and streams.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 October 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Victoria Bonaparte, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Keep, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Canning, Denmark, Harvey, Kalamunda, Mandurah, Murray, Nedlands, Northampton, Swan, Wandering, Wyndham-East Kimberley.