Accession Data

Lemna minor

Common Name: Common Duckweed

Family: Araceae

Country of Origin: Cosmopolitan

Description: Minute, floating perennial herb; plant bodies solitary or few-clustered, orbicular to elliptic-obovate, 1/16" - 3/16" long.

Cosmopolitan

Waterfowl feed on these plants.

Accession Data

Accession #: 198502634

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2310

Quantity: 2

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Alismatales

Family: Araceae

SubFamily: Lemnoideae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 September 2014.
  2. Plants For A Future Website
  3. Wayne Armstrongs treatment of the Lemnaceae. Accessed 25 August 2015.
  4. The Charms of Duckweed at Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed 25 August 2015.

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