Irish wildflowers
Photographs: Co. Wexford |
Least Duckweed Lemna minuta Family: Lemnaceae Flowering May - July. Perennial floating aquatic. Introduced. Slightly translucent, +/- symmetrical plants, 0.8-4mm long with a single vein (which can be difficult to see). Rarely flowers and when it does the flowers are minute, solitary and easily overlooked. Introduced from America, first recorded in Britain and Ireland in 1977 and now steadily increasing in still or slow-moving ponds, ditches and rivers Similar: Common Duckweed, Lemna minor is larger, with 3-5 veins |
Least Duckweed, Lemna minuta
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