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Lemna minor

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Lemna minor
Lesser Duckweed
Lesser Duckweed
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Lemna minor is the most common species in North America. It appears uninvited in garden ponds & indoor aquariums, reproducing like mad.

common duckweed Lemna minor
common filbert; European hazel Corylus avellana
common foxglove Digitalis purpurea
common guava Psidium guajava
common halogeton Halogeton glomeratus
common lilac Syringa vulgaris
common mallow Malva neglecta ...

The Common Duckweed, Lemna minor, is a very familiar sight: those little bright green discs which cover many a wild pond and ditch.

The inflorescence is a very simple one, consisting of one or two male flowers each comprising a single stamen, and a female flower comprising a flask-shaped pistil. The order Lemnaceae to which they belong 1, Lemna minor (Lesser Duckstamen, ...

This free-floating foliage provides shelter for fish and helps shade out algae. Species include water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes), salvinia (Salvinina rotundifolia) and duckweed (Lemna minor).

Lentejas de agua - Lemna minor
Lentibularia - Utricularia aquatica
Lentisco - Pistacia lentiscus
Leña buena - Neochamaelea pulverulenta
Leña santa - Neochamaelea pulverulenta
Leñero - Nicotiana glauca ...

See also: Green, Vitex, Terminalia Catappa, Swietenia Mahagoni, Spathodea