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Marsilea mutica
Also called Smooth Nardoo, Nardoo
Australian water clover (Marsilea mutica) is a small aquatic fern with clover-like leaves, native to freshwater marshes in northern and eastern Australia and New Caledonia. It grows best rooted in shallow water or wet mud, with plenty of sun.
Marsilea mutica, known as the large-leaved nardoo, is a species of aquatic fern in the family Marsileaceae. A widespread species with wide clover like fronds, found in freshwater marshes, mostly in Australia and nearby New Caledonia. Seen in floating in deeper water than other ferns in the same genus.
Marsilea ancyclopoda · Nardoo · Rough waterclover · Dwarf waterclover · European waterclover · Hairy waterclover · Waterclover
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Marsilea mutica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
