Dwarf Four Leaf Clover (Marsilea hirsuta) Tissue Culture
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Dwarf Four Leaf Clover is an excellent, undemanding foreground carpeting plant that is great for beginners and experts alike!
The Dwarf Four Leaf Clover (Marsilea hirsuta) is a unique and versatile carpeting plant that adds a lush, natural look to any aquascape. This low-growing foreground plant features small, clover-like leaves that can take on different forms depending on tank conditions—ranging from single-leaf structures to a full four-leaf clover shape. It is an excellent alternative to traditional carpeting plants like Monte Carlo or Glossostigma, offering a distinctive aesthetic with minimal maintenance.
Grown in sterile tissue culture, this plant is 100% pest-free, disease-free, and algae-free, ensuring a clean and healthy start for your aquarium. Unlike traditionally grown plants, tissue culture specimens arrive with strong, young growth, ready to establish in your tank.
Features We Love:
- Unique Clover-Like Growth – Creates a charming and naturalistic carpet effect.
- Hardy & Adaptable – Can grow in various conditions with or without CO₂.
- Great for Shrimp & Nano Tanks – Provides shelter and biofilm grazing areas for invertebrates.
- Forms a Dense Carpet Over Time – Spreads via runners to fill the foreground beautifully.
Care Guidelines:
- Light: Moderate to high.
- Temperature: 68° - 82° F (20° - 28° C).
- pH Range: 6.0 - 7.5.
- Growth Rate: Slow to moderate.
- Ideal Placement: Foreground.
Pro Tips:
- CO₂ Enhances Growth & Density – While not required, CO₂ injection promotes a denser carpet.
- Trim Regularly for Compact Growth – Cutting the leaves shorter encourages horizontal spreading.
- Best Planted in Small Clumps – Spacing out portions allows runners to spread naturally.
- Nutrient-Rich Substrate Helps – Root tabs or aquasoil support healthy, steady growth.
100% Live Arrival Guarantee:
We stand by the quality of our plants. All Aquatic Arts plants come with a 100% Live Arrival Guarantee.
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Shipping Schedule for this service
Current Handling Time:
1-9 business days
Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.
Shipping Rate
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