Gelid Waterklawer

Marsilea minuta

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Botanical name
Marsilea minuta
Also known as
Dwarf Water Clover, Gelid Waterklawer, Small Water Clover, Small Water-Clover
Family
Marsileaceae
Genus
Marsilea
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Gelid Waterklawer

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Other names for this plant

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

Lemma minuta Marsilea aegyptiaca Marsilea brachycarpa Marsilea brachypus Marsilea cornuta Marsilea coromandelica Marsilea crenata Marsilea crenulata Marsilea diffusa Marsilea diffusa f. algeriensis Marsilea diffusa f. canariensis Marsilea diffusa f. gracilipes Marsilea diffusa f. madagascariensis Marsilea diffusa f. microphylla Marsilea diffusa f. nilotica Marsilea diffusa var. approximata Marsilea elata var. cornuta Marsilea erosa Marsilea fimbriata Marsilea gracilenta Marsilea kedarmalii Marsilea maheshwarii Marsilea major Marsilea mearnsii Marsilea microcarpa Marsilea minuta subsp. brachycarpa Marsilea minuta var. indica Marsilea minuta var. major Marsilea minuta var. minuta Marsilea perrieriana Marsilea poonensis Marsilea sinensis Marsilea tenax Marsilea tetraphylla Marsilea vulgaris Zaluzianskia coromandelica Zaluzianskia crenulata Zaluzianskia diffusa Zaluzianskia fimbriata Zaluzianskia minuta

Others in Marsilea

Marsilea capensis
Marsilea ancyclopoda
Marsilea ancylopoda
Marsilea cryptocarpa
Marsilea nubica
Marsilea aegyptica
Marsilea batardae
Lusitanian Water Clover
Marsilea berhautii

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