NameThatPlant.net: Lemna perpusilla

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lemna perpusilla FAMILY Araceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Lemna from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lemna perpusilla FAMILY Lemnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 033-02-002:

Lemna perpusilla FAMILY Lemnaceae

COMMON NAME:
Tiny Duckweed, Small Duckweed, Minute Duckweed

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lemna perpusilla FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lemna perpusilla FAMILY Lemnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 033-02-002:
Lemna perpusilla FAMILY Lemnaceae

1898

Floating aquatic (one root per frond, and it floating); Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Still to slowly moving waters of ponds, lakes, beaver ponds, and swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Plants consist of 1 or more flattened leaflike stems ("fronds")
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FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

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