Marsileaceae
Hairy waterclover
Marsilea vestita
- Family
- Marsileaceae
- Genus
- Marsilea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hairy waterclover
Synonyms
- Marsilea brevipes Nutt.; A.Br.
- Marsilea fournieri C.Chr.
- Marsilea longipes Austin
- Marsilea minuta E.Fourn.
- Marsilea mucronata A.Braun
- Marsilea picta Fée
- Marsilea tenuifolia Engelm. ex A.Braun
- Marsilea uncinata A.Braun
- Marsilea vestita subsp. tenuifolia (A.Braun) D.M.Johnson
- Marsilea vestita subsp. tenuifolia (Engelm. ex A.Braun) D.M.Johnson
- Marsilea vestita subsp. vestita
- Marsilea vestita var. minima A.Braun
- Marsilea vestita var. mucronata (A.Braun) Baker
- Marsilea vestita var. tenuifolia (Engelm. ex A.Braun) Underw.
- Marsilea vestita var. uncinata Baker
- Zaluzianskia tenuifolia (Engelm. ex A.Braun) Kuntze
- Zaluzianskia uncinata (A.Braun) Kuntze
- Zaluzianskia vestita (Hook. & Grev.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Braden J. Judson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.