Common name: Nardoo
Marsilea exarata A.Braun APNI* 
Description: Rhizome creeping, sparingly covered with pale brown hairs.
Fronds arising in groups along the rhizome; stipe 1–7 cm long; leaflets obovate, 5–10 mm long, mostly 3–8 mm wide, equally arranged, glabrescent.
Sporocarps solitary, stalk 0.2–0.4 cm long, body of sporocarp c. 4 mm long, faintly or distinctly ribbed; upper tooth broad-triangular, lower tooth narrow-triangular, recurved.
Distribution and occurrence: in ephemeral moist sites.
NSW subdivisions: CWS, NWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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