Accession Data
Salvinia auriculata
Common Name: Eared Watermoss
Family: Salviniaceae
Country of Origin: Tropical America
Description: Plants to 2 3/4 inches long; floating leaves nearly orbicular, to 5/8 inches long and 3/4 inches wide, upper surface covered with rows of papillae. each with a tuft of 4 hairs, the hairs separate from one another, lower surface with brown hairs. Tropical America; introduced locally in eastern US.
Difficult to distinguish from other species, form often variable depending upon plant density.
Accession Data
Accession #: 199400181
Accession Date: 1994-12-02 00:00:00
Confirmed At: 2026-03-10 19:18:38
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 3307
Quantity: 1
Source: CEM ex C Armstrong - UVM
Classification
Division: Ferns
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Polypodiidae
Order: Salviniales
Family: Salviniaceae
References
- Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, May 09, 2017.
- Salvinia auriculata at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, May 09, 2017.
- Ferns Afloat at In Defense of Plants. Last accessed on Thursday, February 01, 2018.
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