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Salvinia auriculata
Also called Giant Salvinia, African Payal, Butterfly Fern
Salvinia auriculata is a species of plant in the Salviniaceae known by the common names eared watermoss, African payal (Malayalam: ആഫ്രിക്കൻ പായൽ), and butterfly fern. It is native to the Americas from Mexico south to Argentina and Chile. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant and it has become naturalized in the wild in some places.
This species is hard to distinguish from other Salvinia. The plant varies in size depending on how crowded it is among other plants.
Water spangles · Kariba-weed · Floating watermoss · Salvinia oblongifolia · Watermoss
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvinia auriculata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
