Freshwater
Duckweed
Lemna trisulca
Lemnaceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, and 51 more countries.
Introduced to Cuba.
More about the species
Description
Lemna trisulca L. (syn. Staurogeton trisulcus (L.) Schur; star duckweed; ivy-leaved duckweed) is a species of aquatic plants in the arum family Araceae. It has a subcosmopolitan distribution. Unlike other duckweeds, it has submerged rather than floating fronds (up to 12–14 m (39–46 ft) below the surface), except when flowering or fruiting. Also unlike other duckweeds, a large number of fronds remain attached to each other at a time.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Hydrophace trisulca
- Lemna bisulca
- Lemna cruciata
- Lemna intermedia
- Lenticula ramosa
- Lenticula trisulca
In other languages
- Korsandmat
- Ristilimaska
- Ivy Duckweed, Star duckweed
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