Marsilea — 4 species
Botanical species in the genus Marsilea recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Marsilea drummondii
Marsilea drummondii
Family: Marsileaceae
Cultivation
Plants are hardy to about -7°c in Australian gardens, though this cannot be translated directly to British gardens due to our cooler summers and longer, colder and wetter winters. A highly polymorphic species. Most species produce sporocarps as their habitat dries.
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Marsilea minuta
Marsilea minuta
Family: Marsileaceae
Cultivation
The plant can become a nuisance in wet rice fields, because it forms large and dense colonies.
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Marsilea mutica
Marsilea mutica
Family: Marsileaceae
Cultivation
We have very little information on this species, and do not know if it will be hardy when grown outdoors in Britain, though judging by the plants native range, there is a good chance that forms from the south of its range could prove hardy at least in the milder areas of Britain. Most species produce sporocarps as their habitat dries. Spores of some species retain viability within the sporocarp for nearly 70 years; thus species can survive in areas of infrequent rainfall.
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Marsilea quadrifolia
Marsilea quadrifolia
Family: Marsileaceae
Cultivation
Requires a permanently moist or wet soil, it can be grown by the side of ponds etc or in the shallow edges of the pond. Thrives in a turfy loam or in peat. Hardy to about -15°c.
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