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Accession Data:

Marsilea quadrifolia L.

  • Common Name: European Water Clover
  • Family: Marsileaceae Mirbel

  • Country of Origin: Europe and Asia

  • Description: Aquatic fern bearing 4 parted leaf resembling '4-leaf clover' (Trifolium). Leaves floating in deep water or erect in shallow water or on land. Leaflets obdeltoid, to 3/4" long, glaucous, petioles to 8" long; sporocarps ellipsoid, to 3/16" long, dark brown, on stalks to 3/4" long, attached to base of petioles.

  • USDA Zone: 6a-8b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198501197
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 3102 - FERN:East Wall-North
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 4 confirmed on 11-29-2024
  • Restrictions:

    Classification:

    • Division: Ferns
    • Class: Polypodiopsida
    • SubClass: Polypodiidae
    • Order: Salviniales
    • SubOrder:
    • Family: Marsileaceae
    • SubFamily:
    • Tribe:
    • SubTribe:

    References (internal):

    • Ferns & Fern Allies
    • Aquatic Plants
    • Benthophyte
    • Invasive Species
    • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Austria / Germany / Hungary / Poland / Czechoslovakia / Switzerland / France / Portugal / Spain / Albania / Bulgaria / Greece / Italy / Kriti / Romania / Yugoslavia / Central European Russia / East European Russia / North European Russia / South European Russia / Northwest European Russia / Ukraine / Canary Is. / Transcaucasus /

    References (external):

    1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 03, 2016.
    2. Plants For A Future Website
    3. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
    4. Marsilea quadrifolia at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
    5. Marsilea quadrifolia at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.

    data regenerated on Fri, 29 Nov 2024 10:18:08 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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    Marsilea quadrifolia

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    Current Accessions in the Marsileaceae

    • Marsilea drummondii
    • Marsilea quadrifolia
    • Regnellidium diphyllum
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