Marsileaceae
Dwarf waterclover
Marsilea minuta
- Family
- Marsileaceae
- Genus
- Marsilea
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 田字草, 南国田字草, 南国蘋, 蘋
- English
- Dwarf waterclover, Dwarf water clover, Gelid waterklawer, Small water clover
- French
- Petite Marsilée
Synonyms
- Lemma minuta (L.) Desr.
- Marsilea aegyptiaca Wall.
- Marsilea brachycarpa A.Braun
- Marsilea brachypus A.Braun
- Marsilea cornuta (A.Braun) A.Braun
- Marsilea coromandelica Burm.
- Marsilea crenata C.Presl
- Marsilea crenulata Desv.
- Marsilea diffusa Lepr. ex A.Br.
- Marsilea diffusa f. algeriensis A.Braun
- Marsilea diffusa f. canariensis A.Braun
- Marsilea diffusa f. gracilipes A.Braun
- Marsilea diffusa f. madagascariensis A.Braun
- Marsilea diffusa f. microphylla A.Braun
- Marsilea diffusa f. nilotica A.Braun
- Marsilea diffusa var. approximata A.Braun
- Marsilea elata var. cornuta A.Braun
- Marsilea erosa Willd.
- Marsilea fimbriata Schumach.
- Marsilea gracilenta A.Braun
- Marsilea kedarmalii Bhardwaja, Gena & D'Souza
- Marsilea maheshwarii Gopal
- Marsilea major (Haines) Chowdhury
- Marsilea mearnsii Christ
- Marsilea microcarpa A.Braun
- Marsilea minuta subsp. brachycarpa (A.Braun) Bhardwaja
- Marsilea minuta var. indica K.M.Gupta
- Marsilea minuta var. major Haines
- Marsilea minuta var. minuta
- Marsilea perrieriana C.Chr.
- Marsilea poonensis Kolh.
- Marsilea sinensis Hand.-Mazz.
- Marsilea tenax Peter
- Marsilea tetraphylla Thunb.
- Marsilea vulgaris Bory
- Zaluzianskia coromandelica (Burm.f.) Kuntze
- Zaluzianskia crenulata (Desv.) Kuntze
- Zaluzianskia diffusa (Lepr. ex A.Braun) Kuntze
- Zaluzianskia fimbriata (Schumach.) Kuntze
- Zaluzianskia minuta (L.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: NessieVL, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Dwarf waterclover: Native range map of 'Marsilea minuta made with mapchart.net [ 1 ] [ 2 ]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Native_range_of_Marsilea_minuta.png/1280px-Native_range_of_Marsilea_minuta.png)
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.