Rosettes, Bulbs, and Ground Cover Plants
Marsilea
Marsilea hirsuta
Photo: Daderot · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature18–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Adult size5 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Marsileaceae
- Origin
- Australia
- Size
- 2 – 5 cm
- Temperature
- 18 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Light
- low – medium
- CO2
- recommended
- Fertilization
- average
- Growth
- slow
- Position
- close-up
- Propagation
- rhizome
Notes: An aquatic fern with leaves resembling clovers, ranging from one to four leaflets. A groundcover plant tolerant of low light, though it grows slowly at first.
