1898

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

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

Look for it in still to slowly moving waters of ponds, lakes, beaver ponds, & swamps, per Weakley's Flora

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Aquatic

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p012
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p013

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lemna perpusilla   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lemna perpusilla   FAMILY Lemnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 033-02-002:
Lemna perpusilla   FAMILY Lemnaceae