Marsilea hirsuta

Marsilea hirsuta, known as the nardoo, is a species of aquatic fern in the family Marsileaceae. A widespread species with wide clover like fronds, found in flood plains and swamps in Australia. This plant was first mentioned in the scientific literature in 1810, in the Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, authored by Scottish botanist, Robert Brown. One of the many plants listed with a type as "(J.T.) v.v.".^[1][2]

Marsilea hirsuta
Nardoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Salviniales
Family:	Marsileaceae
Genus:	Marsilea
Species:	M. hirsuta
Binomial name
Marsilea hirsuta R.Br.