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Marsilea drummondii

Common name:	Common Nardoo	Family:	Marsileaceae
Author:	A.Braun.	Botanical references:	154, 200
Synonyms:
Known Hazards:	None known
Range:	Australia.
Habitat:	Growing in mud and shallow water in the montane zone, spreading widely in all mainland states[154].
Edibility Rating (1-5):	1	Medicinal Rating (1-5):	0

Systematics:	From a USDA Plants Database
	Order: Hydropteridales. Water-clover family

Physical Characteristics

Fern growing to 0.3m. It is hardy to zone 9 and is frost tender. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). We rate it 1/5 for edibility and 0/5 for medicinal use.

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires wet soil and can grow in water.

Edible Uses

Seed.

Spores - cooked[144]. A source of starch, the spores can be ground into a powder and used like flour[154]. They are astringent and highly indigestible[154]. The spores are contained in a sporocarp[154].

Medicinal Uses

Disclaimer

None known

Other Uses

None known

Cultivation details

Plants are hardy to about -7°c in Australian gardens[157], though this cannot be translated directly to British gardens due to our cooler summers and longer, colder and wetter winters[K].

Propagation

Seed -

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Web References

[G] Data (Common Names, Uses, Distribution) from the USDA/ARS NPGS's GRIN taxonomic database.

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References

[K] Ken Fern
Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.

[144] Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Wild Food in Australia. Fontana 1976 ISBN 0-00-634436-4
A very good pocket guide.

[154] Ewart. A. J. Flora of Victoria.
A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project.

[157] Wrigley. J. W. and Fagg. M. Australian Native Plants. Collins. (Australia) 1988 ISBN 0-7322-0021-0
A lovely book, written in order to encourage Australian gardeners to grow their native plants. A little bit of information for the plant project.

[200] Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.

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Plant information taken from the Plants For A Future - Species Database. Copyright (c) 1997-2003.
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