Araceae
Star duckweed
Lemna trisulca
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Lemna
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- لمنة ثلاثية الأخاديد
- Belarusian
- Лягушачча дзяружка
- Chinese
- 品萍, 品藻
- Czech
- Okřehek trojbrázdý
- Dutch
- Puntkroos
- English
- Star duckweed, Duckweed, Ivy duckweed
- Finnish
- Ristilimaska
- French
- Lentille Bourgeonnante, Lentille d'eau à trois sillons, Lentille d’Eau, Lentille Trilobee, Lentille à trois lobbes
- German
- Dreifurchige Wasserlinse, Untergetauchte Wasserlinse
- hsb
- Podnurjena kačizna
- Japanese
- ヒンジモ
- Lithuanian
- Trilypė plūdena
- Persian
- عدسک ستارهای
- Polish
- Rzęsa trójrowkowa
- Romanian
- Lentiță
- Russian
- Ряска трехдольная, Ряска тройчатая, Ряска трёхдольная
- Slovak
- Žaburinka trojbrázdová
- Spanish
- La chula
- Swedish
- Korsandmat
- Welsh
- Llinad dail eiddew
Synonyms
- Hydrophace trisulca (L.) Bubani
- Lemna bisulca Veesenm.
- Lemna cruciata Roxb.
- Lemna intermedia Ruthe
- Lemna trisulca var. pygmaea Henn.
- Lemna trisulca var. sagittata Makino
- Lenticula ramosa Lam.
- Lenticula trisulca (L.) Scop.
- Staurogeton trisulcus (L.) Schur
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jonathon love, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael D. Pirie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ruppia2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salza Palpurina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amdb73, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Valentin Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amdb73, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Henry Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Lemna
- Common duckweedLemna minorAraceae
- Fat duckweedLemna gibbaAraceae
- Least duckweedLemna minutaAraceae
- 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.