Waterclover


Marsilea sp.
Waterclover
- Robust ground covering plant
- Submersed leaves are roundish, on a stalk
- Aerial leaves look like four-leaved clover
- New leafes with brown color
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Description
Marsilea sp. is a clover fern whose species is not yet clear. Like M. crenata and M. hirsuta it is a very good lawn-like ground-covering plant. Its submersed leaves are roundish and sit on a stalk.
New leafes of Marsilea have brown color. Those leafes are not rotten or dead.
Some water clover species (Marsilea) have become very popular foreground plants in the aquarium hobby, comparable with Glossostigma elatinoides, which has a comparable leaf form. Marsilea is an aquatic fern, and there are over 40 species in the genus growing in shallow water and in moist locations. The leaves of their emersed or floating forms are all divided in four parts and have a long stalk reminding of four-leaf clover. They grow on thin rhizomes growing mostly in the substrate. Aquatic ferns of this genus can be found in almost all the world: in Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Australia.
In trade, several Marsilea species are offered, mainly under the names M. crenata and M. hirsuta. The species are hard to discern, however, especially if the so-called sporocarps ("spore fruit") are missing, which only develop on the basis of the leaf stalk in the emersed form. (read more)
Common names | Water clover (several species), Nardoo (several species) |
Family | Marsileaceae |
Genus | Marsilea |
Difficulty | easy |
Usage | Midground, Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover |
Aquascaping | forms a small-leaved carpet |
Growth | medium |
pH value | 5 - 8 |
Temperature tolerance | 18 - 30°C |
Carbonate hardness | 0 - 14°dKH |
General hardness | 0 - 30°dGH |
Propagation | Runners, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants |
Can grow emersed? | yes |
Source | Flowgrow |
Common names |
Water clover (several species), Nardoo (several species) |
Family |
Marsileaceae |
Genus |
Marsilea |
Difficulty |
easy |
Usage |
Midground, Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover |
Aquascaping |
forms a small-leaved carpet |
Growth |
medium |
pH value |
5 - 8 |
Temperature tolerance |
18 - 30°C |
Carbonate hardness |
0 - 14°dKH |
General hardness |
0 - 30°dGH |
Propagation |
Runners, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants |
Can grow emersed? |
yes |
Source |
Flowgrow |
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