Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Marsilea drummondii synonym: Zaluzianskia drummondii |
| Common Name: | common nardoo, dullum dullum |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Fern, May not be Indigenous to Whitehorse, Aquatic |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Boggy, Aquatic |
| Size (HxW): | 30 cm high |
| Foliage: | Silky grey-green clover-like |
| Flowers: | Light brown sporocarps |
| General Comments: | Suits ponds or aquariums. It is sensitive to algaecide. Common Nardoo attracts frogs, providing a good breeding habitat as long as no pesticides are used in the water. Spores are produced in protective capsules called sporocarps (unlike most ferns that produce them under their leaves). |
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| Plant Propagation: | To propagate, remove the plant from the pot and divide into new plants by slicing through the ‘root ball’ with a knife or secateurs. M. drummondii is sensitive to algaecide, so separate treatment in a bucket at ¼ recommended dosage is advisable. Monitor to ensure algal death but fern survival. |
