Marsilea vestita Hook. & Grev.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Marsileaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Marsilea vestita Hook. & Grev.

  • Description

    Species Description - Rootstock slender. Petioles slender, 5-13 cm. high; leaflets entire or toothed; sporoearps 48 mm. long, 4-6 mm. wide, with a short raphe, a short and blunt lower tooth and an acute and sometimes curved upper one, densely covered with soft spreading narrow hairdike scales; sori 6-11 in each valve.

  • Distribution

    Wet sandy soil. Acklin's Island and South Caicos : southern and western United States. The Bahama specimens are sterile and are referred to this species with doubt. Hairy Pepperwort.

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