Irish wildflowers
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork |
Common Duckweed Lemna minor Ros lachan Family: Lemnaceae Flowering June - July. Perennial, floating aquatic. Native. Solitary, whitish flowers without a perianth but it rarely flowers and when it does the flowers are minute and easily overlooked. Plants usually +/- opaque, flat on both sides, obovate and asymetrical with 3-5 veins and a single long root. Widespread, very common in damp or wet habitats, slow-moving or still water in ponds, lakes and ditches. Easily spreads on the feet of birds. Very similar: Least Duckweed, Lemna minuta |
Common Duckweed, Lemna minor, Ros lachan
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