Pillwort

Pilularia globulifera

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Botanical name
Pilularia globulifera
Also known as
Pillwort
Family
Marsileaceae
Genus
Pilularia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Pillwort

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.

Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Pilularia globulifera but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Calamistrum globuliferum Pilularia globulifera f. submersa Pilularia globulifera f. terrestris Pilularia natans

Others in Pilularia

Pilularia americana
Pilularia bokkeveldensis
Pilularia ethiopica
Pilularia dracomontana
Pilularia novae-hollandiae
Pilularia minuta
Dwarf Pillwort

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