Marsilea vestita Calflora

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Taxon Report

Marsilea vestita Hook. & Grev.

Hairy waterclover

2020 Ken Hickman

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2017 Caitlin Kreutz

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2024 Jennifer Mo

Marsilea vestita is a fern that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~628 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. vestita
Genus:	Marsilea
Family:	Marsileaceae
Category:	fern
PLANTS group:	Fern
Jepson eFlora section: fern

Wetlands: Occurs in wetlands

Habitat: streambanks

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Valley Grassland

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Marsilea fournieri
PLANTS	Marsilea minuta
PLANTS	Marsilea mucronata
PLANTS	Marsilea tenuifolia
PLANTS	Marsilea uncinata
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Information about Marsilea vestita from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. USDA PLANTS Profile (MAVE2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 07/09/2025).