Marsileaceae
European waterclover
Marsilea quadrifolia
- Family
- Marsileaceae
- Genus
- Marsilea
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Common names
By language (33)
- arz
- مارسيليا كوادريفوليا
- Bangla
- শুষনি শাক
- Belarusian
- Марсілея чатырохлістая
- Bulgarian
- Четирилистна марсилия
- Catalan
- Marsiléa à quatre feuilles
- Chinese
- 田字草, 苹, 叶合草, 四叶菜, 四叶萍, 四葉萍, 田字萍, 破铜钱
- Czech
- Marsilka čtyřlistá
- Dutch
- Klaverbladvaren
- English
- European waterclover, Common water clover, Water shamrock
- Finnish
- Apilasaniainen
- French
- Marsiléa à quatre feuilles, Marsilée à quatre feuilles, Fougère d'eau à quatre feuilles
- German
- Kleefarn, Vierblättriger Kleefarn, Marsiléa à quatre feuilles
- Hungarian
- Négylevelű mételyfű, Herelevelű mételyfű
- Japanese
- デンジソウ, 田字草
- Kazakh
- Törtjapıraqtı Marsïlïya, Төртжапырақты Марсилия, تورتجاپىراقتى مارسىيلىييا
- Korean
- 네가래
- Lithuanian
- Marsiléa à quatre feuilles
- lzh
- 蘋
- Macedonian
- Четирилисна разноротка, Водна детелина, Четирилисна детелина
- Malayalam
- നാലിലക്കീര
- mdf
- Ниле лопань марсилия
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kløverbregne
- Odia
- ଶୁନୂଶୁନିଆ, ଶୁନଶୁନିଆ ଶାଗ
- Persian
- شبدر آبی
- Polish
- Marsylia czterolistna
- Russian
- Марсилия четырёхлистная
- Serbian
- Разноротка
- Slovenian
- Štiriperesna marzilka
- Spanish
- Trébol de cuatro hojas
- Swedish
- Marsiléa à quatre feuilles
- Tamil
- ஆரைக் கீரை, சதுரப்பன்னி, நீர் ஆரை
- Ukrainian
- Марсилія чотирилиста
- Vietnamese
- Rau bợ
Synonyms
- Lemma quadrifolia Desrouss.; Lam.
- Marsilea europaea Desv.
- Marsilea quadrifolia f. aquatica A.Braun ex Glück
- Marsilea quadrifolia f. natans Glück
- Marsilea quadrifolia f. submersa Glück
- Marsilea quadrifolia f. terrestris Glück
- Marsilea quadrifoliata (L.) L.
- Pteris quadrifolia (L.) L.
- Pteris quadrifoliata L.
- Spheroidia quadrifolia (L.) Dulac
- Spheroidia quadrifoliata Dulac
- Zaluzianskia marsileoides Neck.
- Zaluzianskia marsilioides Neck.
- Zaluzianskia quadrifolia (L.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Keisotyo assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philip Precey, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: faustoja, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sebastian Uzum, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KP Laer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Elliot Greiner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KP Laer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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- Hairy watercloverMarsilea vestitaMarsileaceae
- Villous watercloverMarsilea villosaMarsileaceae
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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.