Family Index

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Scientific Name

Lemna trisulca

Family Name

LEMNACEAE

Common Name

Star or Ivy-leaf Duckweed

Status

Height

Flowers

1 female and 2 male flowers are produced in one of the side pouches.

Fruit

Form

Small plant floating submerged except when flowering, attached in chain-like groups. Leaves are oblong and green or brownish.

Municipalities

Burnie; Central Highlands; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; King Island; Southern Midlands

Communities

Habitat Notes

Pools, lakes and marshes, from sea level to 600m altitude on King Island, N.W., E. Coast and 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