Pilularia novae-hollandiae
Endemic At risk nationally uncommon.
- Scientific Name
- Pilularia novae-hollandiae
- Type
- Native
- Plant Life-form Type
- short
- Taxonomy
- A Braun
- Presence
- Central North Island and South Island westcoast lakes and tarns
- Habitat
- Damp substrate and shallow water lake margins
- Temperature (°C)
- up to 28
- Hardness (ppm)
- Hardy
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Propagation
- Cuttings including stolons with fronds
- Features
- Pilularia has a slender creeping rhizome. The leaves/fronds are filiform and erect and 2 to 5 cm long. The developing frond otn ehend of the rhizome is most likely to exhibit the distinct coiled fern frond shape. Sporocarp globose, densely hairy 3 to 4 mm diameter on a short stalk.
- Source
- TIFBIS
- Synonym
- Pilulaira novae-zelandiae Kirk