Araceae
Minute duckweed
Lemna perpusilla
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Lemna
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- لمنة قزمية
- arz
- لمنه قزميه
- Chinese
- 极小浮萍, 稀脉浮萍
- English
- Minute duckweed
- Korean
- 좀개구리밥
- Russian
- Ряска крошечная
- Thai
- แหนเป็ดเล็ก
Synonyms
- Hydrophace perpusilla (Torr.) Lunell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Lemna
- Common duckweedLemna minorAraceae
- Fat duckweedLemna gibbaAraceae
- Star duckweedLemna trisulcaAraceae
- Least duckweedLemna minutaAraceae
- Turion duckweedLemna turioniferaAraceae
- 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.