Marsilea crenata

Dwarf Four Leaf Clover

Marsilea crenata

Dwarf Four Leaf Clover

  • Forms very small leaves
  • Also available as Marsilea minuta
  • Forms a 1-3 cm high and close carpet
  • New leafes with brown color
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Foreground ground cover

Schwierigkeit der Aquarienpflanze
Difficulty Medium
Wachstum der Aquarienpflanze
Growth Slow
Licht über dem Aquarium
Light Medium
Wasserhärte maximal für diese Aquarienpflanze im Aquarium
Water hardness maximum Hard
Pflegehöhe von Aquariumpflanzen
Recommended care height 1-3 cm
CO2 im Pflanzenaquarium
CO2 Yes
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Description

The Dwarf waterclover, Marsilea crenata, is a pretty aquatic fern from tropical Asia and Australia that forms a small-leaved carpet in the aquarium. M. crenata is also sometimes regarded as a synonym of Marsilea minuta and is labelled as such by the company Tropica, for example. Like other Marsilea species, this fern grows in nature in various wetlands such as swamps, rice fields and floodplains. In the terrestrial form, long-stalked leaves with four leaflets grow on the creeping rhizomes, looking like "lucky clover". Marsilea crenata is usually sold in this emersed form.
After some acclimatisation time, new shoots with much shorter submerged leaves grow in the aquarium, while the old emersed leaves slowly die off and can be cut off. The submerged leaves are usually undivided with small, rounded to spatulate leaf blades and are rarely more than 5 mm wide. They are significantly smaller than the submersed leaves of Marsilea hirsuta. Sometimes two-, three- or four-part leaves of different heights develop. Marsilea crenata spreads moderately quickly in the aquarium with its runners. The carpet grows to a height of about 1 - 3 cm.

Marsilea crenata is a robust aquarium plant and can cope with relatively little light; the CO2 requirement is also low. However, the Dwarf waterclover develops best with at least moderate light and a complete supply of nutrients, including via the substrate, and the addition of CO2.
After removing the rockwool, it is best to divide emersed potted plants into several pieces and place them in the substrate at some distance from each other. When rhizome shoots with submerged leaves develop, the old emersed leaves gradually die off and can be cut off. Tissue-cultured plants are also divided into several pieces and planted after washing off the culture medium.
Over time, the rhizomes creeping in the soil or above ground grow together to form a carpet. Occasional cutting prevents the carpet from becoming too thick and eventually detaching from the ground. Propagation is easy by cutting off pieces of rhizome and sticking them in the ground.

Particularly in Marsilea from in vitro (tissue culture) cups, new leaves have a brownish colour. They are by no means rotten.

The Dwarf waterclover is a relatively undemanding, versatile ground cover that requires little light. With its moderate growth rate, it is easier to manage than Glossostigma elatinoides, for example. Marsilea crenata, with its leaves that are significantly smaller than those of the Rough waterclover (Marsilea hirsuta), is well suited to small or nano aquariums. In its emersed form, this fern, which looks like "lucky clover", makes a pretty accent in paludariums and wabi-kusa.

Marsilea crenata is a widely-spread water clover distributed in South-East Asia and Australia (Northern Territory, northern and central-eastern Queensland). It is found in shallow water and on drying-out mud, amongst others in rice paddies.
M. crenata cannot be clearly discerned from Marsilea minuta, and might even belong to that species (Nagalingum & al. 2007).

In trade, you often see the names M. crenata, M. hirsuta, M. exarata, M. drummondii and M. quadrifolia, however, it is not sure whether the respective plant was identified correctly. Most species of the genus Marsilea can only safely be identified in their emersed form by means of their sporocarps (spore-containing fruit).
Please see Marsilea spp.

Complete botanical name Marsílea crenáta C. Presl
Family Marsileaceae
Genus Marsilea
Usage Foreground, ground cover
Aquascaping forms a small-leaved carpet
General hardness 0 - 30°dGH
Propagation Runners, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants
Can grow emersed? yes
Source Flowgrow
Complete botanical name
Marsílea crenáta C. Presl
Family
Marsileaceae
Genus
Marsilea
Usage
Foreground, ground cover
Aquascaping
forms a small-leaved carpet
General hardness
0 - 30°dGH
Propagation
Runners, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants
Can grow emersed?
yes
Source
Flowgrow

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General information

Item no.
131.0009.01
EAN 5703249810229
Weight 0,05 kg
Shipping weight 0,10 kg

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Giuseppe C.
Super interesting and pretty!
7th November 2019
Marsilea crenata - 1-2-GROW!
Marsilea crenata - 1-2-GROW!

Super interesting plant to watch grow. Every day it stretches to new spots. Medium difficulty but in my medium lights no CO2 + ferts tank it is doing better than any other plant. (read more)

Yannic D.
Perfekt
19th September 2018
Marsilea crenata - 1-2-GROW!
Marsilea crenata - 1-2-GROW!

Die Pflanzen waren in einem guten Zustand und frei von allem möglichen was man halt nicht haben will. Wie man es halt von Tropica gewohnt ist.

ANTONIO C.
These xl portions are really xl, excellent quality!
17th February 2015
Marsilea crenata - in Vitro XL
Marsilea crenata - in Vitro XL

These xl portions are really xl, compared quantity and quality very good price, certainly to consider.

Mu pleased with the attention of the store, fast shipping (Spain)

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