🌿 Marsilea hirsuta Vitro Culture® – Unique Clover-Like Foreground Carpet Plant

Sold as: 4-inch sealed Vitro Culture® bag containing many small plantlets

Marsilea hirsuta is a charming and versatile foreground plant known for its small, clover-shaped leaves and creeping growth habit. Native to Australia, this aquatic fern is popular among aquascapers for its ability to create dense, naturalistic carpets in both high-tech and low-tech aquariums. Depending on light, CO₂, and nutrient levels, the plant can produce various leaf forms—ranging from simple grass-like blades to iconic four-leaf clover shapes—adding a dynamic visual appeal to aquascapes.

Cultivated through sterile Vitro Culture® technology, our Marsilea hirsuta comes free from pests, algae, and snails, offering a healthy, worry-free start for sensitive aquariums, including those housing shrimp and delicate species.

🌟 Key Features:

• Scientific Name: Marsilea hirsuta

• Common Name: Dwarf Clover

• Leaf Forms: Varies from simple blades to 4-leaf clover shapes depending on conditions

• Growth Habit: Low, creeping, carpet-forming

• Safe for Sensitive Setups: 100% pest, algae, and snail-free from sterile culture

🌱 Growth & Propagation:

• Lighting Needs: Low to medium light

• CO₂ & Fertilizers: CO₂ recommended for faster growth; benefits from regular nutrients

• Growth Method: Horizontal runners to form dense carpet

• Nutrient Substrate: Recommended for best results

• Can Be Grown Emersed: Yes

🖼️ Aquascaping Benefits:

• Creates a lush, natural-looking foreground carpet

• Perfect for Iwagumi and nature-style layouts

• Offers texture and visual contrast to taller stem plants

📦 What You’ll Receive:

One 4-inch sealed Vitro Culture® bag containing healthy Marsilea hirsuta plantlets—ready to rinse, acclimate, and plant in your aquarium.

⚠️ Disclaimer:

Photos shown are examples of mature growth under optimal conditions. Growth form and speed may vary depending on care, aquarium parameters, and setup. Vitro Culture® plants may require transition time after planting.

🚫 State Restrictions Notice ♻️ Be a Responsible Aquatic Plants Owner

Never release Marsilea hirsuta—or any aquarium plant—into natural waterways. Doing so can disrupt local ecosystems. Dispose of unwanted portions responsibly to help preserve aquatic biodiversity.

 WHAT WE GUARANTEE

24 Hours Live Arrival Guarantee* - In a rare case of live stocks dead on arrival, we must be notified within 24 hours by the same day of delivery. Please take clear photos of the damaged product and send it to us within 24 hours.  Live Arrival Guarantee will be void after 24 hours of delivery. All replacements are considered final and we will not replace the replacement.

1. Picture requirements: Take at least 2 clear photos of damaged product in their original, unopened & sealed transparent packing and send photos and orders information to our email within 24 hours: aquariumplantsfactory@gmail.com 
2. Please do not take picture of damaged plants, or animals in your aquarium. Once they have been introduced to your aquarium's ecosystem. It is no longer covered by our guarantee.

Please be aware that our Live Arrival Guarantee is subject to certain conditions. Specifically, the guarantee will not be applicable in cases where the package is marked as 'invalid address', 'undeliverable' or is 'returned to sender.' This includes situations such as a vacant delivery address, a missing apartment number, or any other issues that prevent the postal service from delivering your package.

It is crucial to provide accurate and complete shipping information to ensure the successful delivery of your order and the applicability of the Live Arrival Guarantee.

Please keep in mind that Live Arrival Guarantee only guarantees that live stocks will be alive upon arrival. We cannot guarantee that you will continue to have success with them. Many factors, including the aquarium environment, water quality, nutrient, temperature, lighting, filter, and CO2 system, can contribute to the failure to grow live plants and live animals.

WHAT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE

Even though our plants are very clean, but we can't guarantee they will be 100% pest-free because we cannot be responsible for your aquarium. Please use it at your own risk. We recommended all customers rinse the plants with clean water and quarantine them before use.

However, plants in tissue culture will be 100% free from pests, algae and never have been contacting with any aquarium.

1. Due to the nature of the product. We don't guarantee our plants will be pests free. ( snails, algae, hitchhikers )
2. We don't guarantee our plants will be free of pesticides. We use homemade, organic pesticides in our greenhouse to control pests. We do not use pesticides that contain copper. Copper is toxic to invertebrates such as aquatic snails, crabs, shrimps, etc
3. We don't guarantee your aquarium success or are responsible for your aquarium inhabitant including but not limited to fish, shrimp, snail, turtle, etc. So please quarantine all plants when use!
4. Unless specific, we don't guarantee aquatic plants will be grow emerged or submerge.

Please review your state's regulations on restricted plants, as we are committed to not shipping plants that are restricted in your area. Do not release any plants into the wild or waterways, as this can harm local ecosystems by introducing invasive species.

Your cooperation in protecting the environment is appreciated. For continuously updated information, refer to the USDA State Noxious Weed list here.

Thank you for your responsible commitment to environmental preservation.