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    Marsilea vestita

    Hairy Water Clover Fern

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    Item #: 3249

    Zones: 5a to 10b, at least

    Dormancy:

    Height: 6" tall

    Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade

    Origin: United States

    Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


    Forget everything you know about ferns, as this one looks exactly like a four leaf clover instead of a fern. Although it is a southern and southwest US native around ponds and ditches, if I didn't know any better, I'd swear some genetic engineers had been dabbling where they didn't belong. In spring, this tough easy to grow deciduous fern (evergreen from zone 7 south), gives rise to 6" tall fronds that unfurl to a green clover leaf. This gorgeous spreading fern makes a nice mat in moist to rather dry sites... sun or shade!