Marsilea deflexa A.Braun

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HERBARIUM
Marsilea deflexa A. Braun
D. M. Johnson	July 1985
HERBARIUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
PLANTS OF VENEZUELA
Marsilea deflexa A. Braun
FALCON: ca. 2 km E of Huequito, in flood-
plain of Rio Hueque. Borrow pit on N side
of highway. 5 m.
Growing in dense colony with Ludwigia, Najas ,
and Chara in streamlet entering upper end
of pond. Leaves yellow-green, shiny, and
almost all floating, producing abundant
sporocarps in shallow water. Plants form-
ing dense mats of rhizomes on the whitish
clay(pH 7.0), but dying quickly upon emersion.
778	2 March 1980
D. M. Johnson
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