Marsilea quadrifolia / Denjisou

Wild plants in and around Shimane 島根とその周辺の野生植物


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Family:	Marsileaceae / Denjisouka		Species in the genus Marsilea:
			Marsilea quadrifolia / Denjisou
		Marsilea quadrifolia / Denjisou デンジソウ

Marsilea quadrifolia is an aquatic fern growing wild at sunny water's edges, propagating by spores. Slender rhizomes extend sideways, branch, and put four-leaflet clover-like leaves on approximately 20cm long petioles.
　

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