European water clover, Marsilea quadrifolia, is an aquatic fern of the family Marsileaceae native to Europe and temperate Asia, growing rooted in the mud of ponds and slow-moving water with its four-lobed, clover-like fronds floating or held just above the surface. Unlike most ferns, it produces two distinct types of spores contained in hardened, bean-shaped structures called sporocarps, and the species has become an invasive aquatic weed in parts of North America, introduced through the aquarium and water-garden trade.
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Marsilea quadrifolia is a herbaceous plant found naturally in central and southern Europe, Caucasia, western Siberia, Afghanistan, south-west India, China, Japan, and Vietnam, though it is considered a weed in some parts of the United States, where it has been well established in the northeast for over 100 years.
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Marsilea quadrifolia is a herbaceous plant found naturally in central and southern Europe, Caucasia, western Siberia, Afghanistan, south-west India, China, Japan, and Vietnam, though it is considered a weed in some parts of the United States, where it has been well established in the northeast for over 100 years.
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Source Marsilea quadrifolia (Wikipedia)Distribution: EuropeQuote, Distribution: Europe
Marsilea quadrifolia is a herbaceous plant found naturally in central and southern Europe, Caucasia, western Siberia, Afghanistan, south-west India, China, Japan, and Vietnam, though it is considered a weed in some parts of the United States, where it has been well established in the northeast for over 100 years.
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Source Marsilea quadrifolia (Wikipedia)Distribution: IndiaQuote, Distribution: India
Marsilea quadrifolia is a herbaceous plant found naturally in central and southern Europe, Caucasia, western Siberia, Afghanistan, south-west India, China, Japan, and Vietnam, though it is considered a weed in some parts of the United States, where it has been well established in the northeast for over 100 years.
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Source Marsilea quadrifolia (Wikipedia)Distribution: JapanQuote, Distribution: Japan
Marsilea quadrifolia is a herbaceous plant found naturally in central and southern Europe, Caucasia, western Siberia, Afghanistan, south-west India, China, Japan, and Vietnam, though it is considered a weed in some parts of the United States, where it has been well established in the northeast for over 100 years.
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Source Marsilea quadrifolia (Wikipedia)Distribution: VietnamQuote, Distribution: Vietnam
Marsilea quadrifolia is a herbaceous plant found naturally in central and southern Europe, Caucasia, western Siberia, Afghanistan, south-west India, China, Japan, and Vietnam, though it is considered a weed in some parts of the United States, where it has been well established in the northeast for over 100 years.
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Marsilea quadrifolia is a herbaceous plant found naturally in central and southern Europe, Caucasia, western Siberia, Afghanistan, south-west India, China, Japan, and Vietnam, though it is considered a weed in some parts of the United States, where it has been well established in the northeast for over 100 years.
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Marsilea quadrifolia is a herbaceous plant found naturally in central and southern Europe, Caucasia, western Siberia, Afghanistan, south-west India, China, Japan, and Vietnam, though it is considered a weed in some parts of the United States, where it has been well established in the northeast for over 100 years.
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Ponds and paddy fields all over Japan
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It is also used to treat snakebite and applied to abscesses etc[218].
View the Source 3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Marsilea quadrifolia
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"canonicalName": "Marsilea quadrifolia"
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They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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