
Rosettes, Bulbs, and Ground Cover Plants
Aquatic Four-Leaf Clover
Marsilea quadrifolia
Photo: Keisotyo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature10–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Adult size10 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Marsileaceae
- Origin
- Europe and Asia
- Size
- 2–10 cm (submerged)
- Temperature
- 10 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Light
- average
- CO2
- recommended
- Fertilization
- average
- Growth
- slow
- Position
- front yard or pond
- Propagation
- rhizome
Notes: Aquatic fern with leaves composed of four leaflets. When submerged, it forms a carpet; in a pond, the leaves float.





