Family Index

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Scientific Name

Lemna disperma

Family Name

LEMNACEAE

Common Name

Common Duckweed

Status

Height

Flowers

Flowers produced in either of the side pouches.

Fruit

Form

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

Municipalities

Brighton; Burnie; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Huon Valley; King Island; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

Common in lagoons, farm dams, marshes, still stream pools, lowland areas and fresh or brackish water in the N.W., Midlands, N.E., E. Coast amd W. Coast.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Easily propagated by division. Propagation is not usually required as it establishes readily on its own. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

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

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes