Scientific Name: Lemna trisulca
Common Name: star duckweed
Family Classification (Clade): Monocots
Family: Araceae
Form Description: Small plant floating submerged except when flowering, attached in chain-like groups. Leaves are oblong and green or brownish.
Flowers: 1 female and 2 male flowers are produced in one of the side pouches.
Fruit: Each fruit is a sac, open at a narrow tip, and containing 1-7 seeds.
Municipality
BurnieCentral HighlandsDorsetFlindersGlamorgan-Spring BayKing IslandSouthern Midlands
Plant Communities
Sedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes
Pools, lakes and marshes, from sea level to 600m on King Island, north-west, east coast and west coast.
General Notes
Propagation is not usually required as it establishes readily on its own.
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Division
Seed Information
Cutting & Division Information
Easily propagated by division.