Freshwater
Giant duckweed
Spirodela polyrhiza
Araceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Floating
- Placement
- Surface
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Not needed
- Growth
- Fast
- Difficulty
- Easy
Range
Native
Lives wild in Albania, Australia, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, and 95 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Spirodela polyrhiza (orth. var. S. polyrrhiza) is a species of duckweed known by the common names common duckmeat, greater duckweed, great duckmeat, common duckweed, giant duckweed, and duckmeat. It can be found nearly worldwide in many types of freshwater habitat.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Lemna bannatica
- Lemna major
- Lemna maxima
- Lemna orbicularis
- Lemna orbiculata
- Lemna polyrhiza
In other languages
- Stor andmat
- Isolimaska, Silmuisolimaska
- Great duckmeat, Great duckweed, Greater duckweed
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