Marsilea ancyclopoda
Common Water Clover
Marsilea quadrifolia
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- Botanical name
- Marsilea quadrifolia
- Also known as
- Common Water Clover, European Water Fern, European Water-Clover, Water Shamrock, Water-Clover
- Family
- Marsileaceae
- Genus
- Marsilea
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Water Clover
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Marsilea quadrifolia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Lemma quadrifolia
Marsilea europaea
Marsilea quadrifolia f. aquatica
Marsilea quadrifolia f. natans
Marsilea quadrifolia f. submersa
Marsilea quadrifolia f. terrestris
Marsilea quadrifoliata
Pteris quadrifolia
Pteris quadrifoliata
Spheroidia quadrifolia
Spheroidia quadrifoliata
Zaluzianskia marsileoides
Zaluzianskia marsilioides
Zaluzianskia quadrifolia
Others in Marsilea
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