Citation: Hegelm., Bot. Jb. 21:290 (1896).

Synonymy: L. minor sensu Jessop in J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 305 (1978), non L. , Lemna perpusilla

Common name: Common duckweed.

Description:
Thallus floating on the water surface, 1-4 mm long, mostly biconvex, elliptic to obovate or rounded, thick and opaque, without a stalk except in the bud stage; root 1, usually 1-4 cm long.

Published illustration: Aston (1973) Aquatic plants of Australia, fig. 100.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: LE, EP, NL, MU, SL, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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