Specimen Information

Marsilea vestita
(hairy water-clover)
Plants
Native Transplant

Specimen ID234093
GroupPlants
GenusMarsilea
Speciesvestita
Common Namehairy water-clover
StateFL
CountyHillsborough
LocalityRuskin, 1407 W. College Ave, weed in flower beds
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLittle Manatee
HUC8 Number03100203
HUC10 NameLower Little Manatee River
HUC10 Number0310020302
HUC12 NameLittle Manatee River
HUC12 Number031002030203
Map
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Collection Day25
Collection Month9
Collection Year1975
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:10777
Author:Ward, D.B., and D.W. Hall
Date:1976
Title:Re-introduction of Marsilea vestita into Florida.
Journal:American Fern Journal
Volume:66
Issue:4
Pages:113-115
Commentsid: sterile, growing profusely in flower beds; origianally included accidentally with garden plantings from New Orleans in 1970, at first residents intrigued by four-lobed lucky clover leaves, recently found to be a persistent, rapidly spreadiing wee CollectorNumber: Hall 414 (FLAS!, PH, US)
Record TypeLiterature
Museum Cat Numberherb/FLAS, FSU, GA, GH, NY
VerifierLellinger, D.B.; C.E. Nauman
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2024]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [4/19/2024].

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