Family: Araceae
Lemna trisulca
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 970 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Ivy-leaved duckweed.
Description:
Thallus floating beneath the water surface, 2-8 mm long, contracting abruptly at the base into a slender stalk 1-13 mm long, flat on both surfaces, broadly linear to linear-lanceolate, thin and translucent; root 0 or rarely 1.
Published illustration:
Aston (1973) Aquatic plants of Australia, fig. 100.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: MU, SL, KI, SE. All States except the N.T. North America; Europe; Africa and Asia.
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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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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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