''Marsilea vestita'', the hairy water-clover, is a species of largely aquatic

fern The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissue ...

in the family

Marsileaceae Marsileaceae () is a small family of heterosporous aquatic and semi-aquatic ferns, though at first sight they do not physically resemble other ferns. The group is commonly known as the "pepperwort family" or as the "water-clover family" becau ...

. It is native to western and central North America, the Bahamas,

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, and Peru. It can grow into a water form or a land form, depending on local conditions.

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vestita Freshwater plants Flora of British Columbia Flora of Alberta Flora of Saskatchewan Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of North Dakota Flora of South Dakota Flora of Nebraska Flora of Kansas Flora of Oklahoma Flora of Minnesota Flora of Iowa Flora of the Southwestern United States Flora of the South-Central United States Flora of Arkansas Flora of Louisiana Flora of Mississippi Flora of Alabama Flora of Florida Flora of Northwestern Mexico Flora of Northeastern Mexico Flora of Southwestern Mexico Flora of Central Mexico Flora of the Bahamas Flora of Antigua and Barbuda Flora of Peru Plants described in 1830 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Polypodiidae-stub