Araceae
Least duckweed
Lemna minuta
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Lemna
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- لمنة صغروية
- arz
- لمنه صغرويه
- Chinese
- 单脉萍
- Czech
- Okřehek nejmenší
- Dutch
- Dwergkroos
- English
- Least duckweed
- French
- Lentille deau minuscule, Lentille d'eau minuscule
- German
- Zierliche Wasserlinse, Kleinste Wasserlinse
- hsb
- Malička kačizna
- Japanese
- ヒナウキクサ
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Dvergandemat
- Persian
- عدسک آبی ریز
- Swedish
- Kölandmat
- Welsh
- Llinad bach
Synonyms
- Lemna abbreviata (Hegelm.) Hegelm.
- Lemna abbreviata Hglm.
- Lemna minima (Hegelm.) Phil. ex Hegelm.
- Lemna minima Chevall.
- Lemna minuscula Herter
- Lemna valdiviana var. abbreviata Hegelm.
- Lemna valdiviana var. minima Hegelm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
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Photo: Mauro Sanna, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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More in Lemna
- Common duckweedLemna minorAraceae
- Fat duckweedLemna gibbaAraceae
- Star duckweedLemna trisulcaAraceae
- Turion duckweedLemna turioniferaAraceae
- Minute duckweedLemna perpusillaAraceae
- Lesser duckweedLemna aequinoctialisAraceae
- Valdivia duckweedLemna valdivianaAraceae
- Little duckweedLemna obscuraAraceae
- Lemna dispermaAraceae
- Lemna japonicaAraceae
- Lemna teneraAraceae
- Lemna landoltiiAraceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.