Marsileaceae

Australian water-clover

Marsilea mutica Mett.

Family: Marsileaceae
Genus: Marsilea

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 斑叶蘋
English: Australian water-clover

Synonyms

Marsilea brownii A.Braun
Marsilea quadrifolia R.Br.
Zaluzianskia brownii (A.Braun) Kuntze
Zaluzianskia mutica (Mett.) Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Valérie75 assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hilary Rose Dawson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Falconaumanni, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Falconaumanni, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Falconaumanni, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Richard Fuller, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.