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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lemna perpusilla
FAMILY
Araceae
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Learn more about Lemna from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lemna perpusilla
FAMILY
Lemnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lemna perpusilla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)
Lemna perpusilla
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
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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
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lemna perpusilla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Lemna perpusilla
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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