Araceae
Turion duckweed
Lemna turionifera
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Lemna
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- لمنة برعمية
- arz
- لمنه برعميه
- Chinese
- 鳞根萍
- Czech
- Okřehek červený
- Dutch
- Knopkroos
- English
- Turion duckweed, Red duckweed, Perennial duckweed
- Estonian
- Punatäpp-lemmel
- Finnish
- Itulimaska
- German
- Rote Wasserlinse
- hsb
- Čerwjena kačizna
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Strengandemat
- Polish
- Rzęsa turionowa
- Swedish
- Röd andmat
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W. van Landuyt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W. van Landuyt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Lemna
- Common duckweedLemna minorAraceae
- Fat duckweedLemna gibbaAraceae
- Star duckweedLemna trisulcaAraceae
- Least duckweedLemna minutaAraceae
- Minute duckweedLemna perpusillaAraceae
- Lesser duckweedLemna aequinoctialisAraceae
- Valdivia duckweedLemna valdivianaAraceae
- Little duckweedLemna obscuraAraceae
- Lemna dispermaAraceae
- Lemna japonicaAraceae
- Lemna teneraAraceae
- Lemna landoltiiAraceae
Sources: classification 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.