| Description | Whisk Fern (Psilotum) is a primitive vascular plant. Lacking true roots or leaves. Is anchored to the soil by rhizomes. |
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| Plant Type | Perennial Tender |
| Sunlight | full sun to shade (very adaptable) |
| Moisture | dry to moist (very adaptable) |
| Flowers | non flowering |
| Leaves | have structures that look like leaves but lack vascular tissue which true leaves have |
| Stems | the organs containing conducting tissue and anchored the plant with creeping rhizomes |
| Roots | lacking true roots |
| Propagation | spores |
| Native Site | tropic and subtropic regions of the world |
| Cultivar Origin | First described by Olof Peter Swartz, a Swedish botanist and taxonomist in circa 1861 |
| Misc Facts | The common name, whisk fern, refers to its use in the past as a small broom, made by tying a handful of its branches together. Genus is from the ancient Greek word psilos meaning "bare, smooth or bald. Referring to the lack of the usual plant organs, such as leaves or roots. Nudum is Latin referring to bare or naked stems. So we have a very naked plant. |
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