Scientific Name: Azolla rubra
Common Name: pacific azolla
Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes
Family: Azollaceae
Form Description: Sparsely branched aquatic fern forming free floating masses, roots unbranched.
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Habitat Notes
Occurs in still or slow-moving waters of agricultural dams, lagoons, creeks and rivers.
Soil Tolerance
aquatic
Frost Tolerance
Tender
General Notes
Normally light green in colour under shade but in full sun changes to a conspicuous purplish red which is believed to protect leaves from ultra violet. Bird attracting. Commonly grown on ponds or dams as a cover for fish and food for water birds. Also used in cold water aquaria.
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Rarely fertile. Fragments detach from the mass and disperse in times of flood.
Seed Treatment Notes
Seeds are rarely used for aquatic species. They must be sown fresh on the surface of soil in pots standing in water and covered with a sheet of glass.
Cutting & Division Information
Propagates readily by division of the stems.