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The four-leaf clover is a rare variation of the common three-leaf clover that has four leaflets instead of three. According to traditional sayings, such clovers bring good luck , [ 1 ] a belief that dates back to at least the 17th century.
Common names include water clover and four-leaf clover because of the long-stalked leaves have four clover-like lobes and are either present above water or submerged. It is worth clarifying that these plants are not clovers.
Aquatic fern bearing 4 parted leaf resembling 'Four-leaf clover' (Trifolium).Leaves floating in deep water or erect in shallow water or on land. Leaflets obdeltoid, to 3/4" long, glaucous, petioles to 8" long; Sporocarp (ferns) ellipsoid, to 3/16" long, dark brown, on stalks to 3/4" long, attached to base of petioles.
What we do know is that the four-leaf clover has been a symbol of luck for centuries. Just to name a few examples, it's mentioned in a book from the 1600s, it was carried as soldier's good-luck ...
The group is commonly known as the "pepperwort family" or as the "water-clover family" because the leaves of the genus Marsilea superficially resemble the leaves of a four-leaf clover. In all, the family contains three genera and 50 to 80 species with most of those belonging to Marsilea. [1] [2]
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Other English common names for this plant include Lucky Clover, Four-Leaf Sorrel, Four-Leaf Pink-Sorrel and others. [1] It is sometimes called "the iron cross plant" or "oxalis iron cross" because the leaves loosely resemble the iron cross symbol, though this name is not a classic folk term and has fallen out of favour due to the bad political ...
Seeds for the Red Clover (Trifolium pratense, L.) were collected in summer 2012 from clover plants that grew four-leaf clovers and were pollinated from other plants that grew four-leaf clovers. A sample of seventeen clover plants grown with these seeds has resulted in eights clovers plants that have one or more four-leaf or five-leaf clovers.