Floating Moss
Salvinia molesta
Location: Ichikawa zoo&botanical garden(Chiba,Japan)
- Flower nameFloating Moss
- Scientific nameSalvinia molesta
- Aliasサルビニア, 大山椒藻, Salvinia, Floating Moss
- Place of originTropical America
- Place of floweringRiver, pond, Rice paddies
- Flowering season
What is Floating Moss
Floating Moss, scientific name:Salvinia molesta, is a perennial aquatic plants marsilea eyes Salvinia natans, Department of Salvinia natans genus. Salvinia natans (sansho algae) are aquatic plants aquatic plants slightly increased, such as the floating on the surface of the water. A kind of aquatic ferns, has fine hairs on the surface, water play. Known as a representative species of duckweed is simple.
Common name:Floating Moss, scientific name:Salvinia molesta, Also known as: Salvinia, origin: Tropical American foliage season: from May to September: leaf length 1-2 cm, flowers: no and.
- OrderSalviniales
- FamilySalviniaceae
- GenusSalvinia
- SpeciesS. molesta
- Type of flower
- Array of flower
- Petal shapewithout
- Leaf typeovoid
- Edge of the leafHairs
- Life typePerennial aquatic plants
- Flower colorsWhite
- Colors of the leavesGreen
- Fruit colorGreen
- Height0.5 ~ 4.0 cm
- Diameter of flower ~ cm
