Azolla filiculoides
Azolla
- Scientific Name
- Azolla filiculoides
- Type
- Native
- Plant Life-form Type
- Free-floating
- Taxonomy
- Lam.
- Presence
- North and South Island, widespread
- Habitat
- Floating on still fertile watres of ponds and drains
- Temperature (°C)
- cold water aquaria
- Hardness (ppm)
- Hardy
- Difficulty
- Easy, can become a nuisance
- Propagation
- Vegetative f ragments
- Features
- This floating fern is characterised by its small size (plant 1 to 1.25 cm long), small lobes (1.5 mm long) and green or red colour, and distinguished from A. pinnata by its irregular branching and simple unbranched roots.
- Source
- TIFBIS
- Synonym
- A. rubra R. Br.