Scientific Name: Lemna disperma

Common Name: common duckweed

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Araceae

Form Description: Small plant with green or purple-tinged, egg-shaped or round leaves, floating on the water surface.

Flowers: Flowers produced in either of the side pouches.

Fruit: Each fruit is a sac, open at a narrow tip, and containing 1-7 seeds.

Municipality
BrightonBurnieCentral HighlandsCircular HeadClarenceDorsetFlindersHuon ValleyKing IslandMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsWest Coast
Plant Communities
Sedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Common in lagoons, dams, marshes, still stream pools, lowland areas and fresh or brackish water in the north-west, Midlands, north-east, east and west coasts.

General Notes

Propagation is not usually required as it establishes readily on its own.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Division

Seed Information

Cutting & Division Information

Easily propagated by division.