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Salvinia auriculata
Species of fern From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Salvinia auriculata is a species of plant in the Salviniaceae known by the common names eared watermoss,[1] African payal (Malayalam: ആഫ്രിക്കൻ പായൽ), and butterfly fern.[2] It is native to the Americas from Mexico south to Argentina and Chile. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant and it has become naturalized in the wild in some places.[2]
This species is hard to distinguish from other Salvinia.[3] The plant varies in size depending on how crowded it is among other plants.[4]
This plant has long been known as an invasive species. It had infested the Zambezi River by 1949.[5] It is also considered invasive in New-Caledonia.[6]
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