can clover grow under water

[Fishy_Fun]

i have heard of this 4-leaf clover growing underwater but can regular clover grow underwater?

 

[soobie]

If you're talking about the clover you'd find in your yard or a field, no. It will die when submerged. The four-leaf clover that grows underwater is Marsilea sp.

 

[Fishy_Fun]

ok thanks thats all i wanted to know

 

[247Plants]

The clover that grows in your yard IS of the marsilea family. I dunno if I have heard of anybody trying to convert any though.

 

[vampie]

Yep, some (or perhaps all?) Marsilea species can be grown submerged. They lose the four-leaf clover shape though. It's just one drop-shaped leaf on a stem, and looks similar to glosso.

 

[Notophthalmus]

The clover that grows in your yard IS of the marsilea family. I dunno if I have heard of anybody trying to convert any though.

This is not true. True clovers (Trifolium) and shamrocks (Oxalis) are legumes, related to beans and peas. Water four-leafed clover (Marsilea)is actually a fern. They are not at all closely related.