Accession Data
Azolla caroliniana
Common Name: Mosquito Plant
Family: Salviniaceae
Country of Origin: Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies
Description: Azolla is a moss-like, free-floating fern widely distributed throughout the tropics and sub-tropics. Azollas live symbiotically with the blue-green alga, Anabaena, which inhabits a small cavity found in the base of each leaf.
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 7b-11
Accession #: 198501201
Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2315
Quantity: 1
Source: Unknown
Classification
Division: Ferns
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Polypodiidae
Order: Salviniales
Family: Salviniaceae
References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
- Azolla caroliniana at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
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