Marsilea drummondii
Common Nardoo
a member of the Marsilea genus in the family Marsileaceae.
Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Marsileaceae
- Genus
- Marsilea
- Height
- 0.3 m
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
Uses
Edible uses
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Spores - cooked[1]. A source of starch, the spores can be ground into a powder and used like flour[2]. They are astringent and highly indigestible[2]. The spores are contained in a sporocarp[2].
- Plant part
- Seed
Environment
- Range
- Australia.
- Habitat
- Growing in mud and shallow water in the montane zone, spreading widely in all mainland states[2].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Water
- aquatic
- Hardiness
- Zone 9+
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
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Seed -
Cultivation
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Plants are hardy to about -7°c in Australian gardens[3], though this cannot be translated directly to British gardens due to our cooler summers and longer, colder and wetter winters[K].
References
Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Wild Food in Australia. Fontana 1976-00-00 ISBN 0-00-634436-4
Ewart. A. J. Flora of Victoria.
Wrigley. J. W. and Fagg. M. Australian Native Plants. Collins. (Australia) 1988-00-00 ISBN 0-7322-0021-0
Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992-00-00 ISBN 0-333-47494-5