Marsileaceae
Nardoo
Marsilea drummondii
- Family
- Marsileaceae
- Genus
- Marsilea
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 汤匙蘋
- English
- Nardoo
- Polish
- Marsylia Drummonda
Synonyms
- Marsilea drummondii f. macra (A.Braun) Domin
- Marsilea drummondii var. elata (A.Braun) A.Braun
- Marsilea drummondii var. hirsutissima (A.Braun) Domin
- Marsilea drummondii var. howittiana (A.Braun) Domin
- Marsilea drummondii var. macra A.Braun
- Marsilea drummondii var. megalophylla A.Braun
- Marsilea drummondii var. minor A.Braun
- Marsilea drummondii var. muelleri (A.Braun) Baker
- Marsilea drummondii var. nardu (A.Braun) Domin
- Marsilea drummondii var. orientalis A.Braun
- Marsilea drummondii var. oxaloides (A.Braun) Domin
- Marsilea drummondii var. salvatrix (Hanst.) A.Braun
- Marsilea drummondii var. sericea (A.Braun) Domin
- Marsilea elata A.Braun
- Marsilea hirsutissima A.Braun
- Marsilea howittiana A.Braun
- Marsilea macra A.Braun
- Marsilea macropus Hook.
- Marsilea muelleri A.Braun
- Marsilea nardu A.Braun
- Marsilea nardu var. megalophylla (A.Braun) A.Braun
- Marsilea oxaloides A.Braun
- Marsilea salvatrix Curr.
- Marsilea sericea A.Braun
- Zaluzianskia drummondii (A.Braun) Kuntze
- Zaluzianskia macropus (Hook.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.