Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Araceae (Arum Lily family)
Genus: Lemna (Duckweed)
Lemna trisulca L. - Ivy-Leaved Duckweed
Lemna gibba L. - Fat Duckweed
Lemna turionifera Landolt - Turion Duckweed
Lemna minor L. - Common Duckweed
Lemna minuta Kunth - Least Duckweed
Very small aquatic plants, consisting only of floating foliose stem-elements, almost always only with vegetative propagation. <span class="v1">inflorescence:</span> flowers tiny (often completely absent), inserted in an indentation at the margin of the stem-elements....
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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Natural, established occurences |  |
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
waters
in nutritious, alkaline, often saline habitats