Division: Magnoliophyta

Family: Lemnaceae

Specific Epithet: Lemna minor

Common Name: Duckweed or Frog Buttons

Ethnobotanical/Economic Uses: Small floating perennial, aquatic herb without stems that falls to the bottom of lakes or ponds in Autumn and rises again in the spring. These plants are used as food by fish and water birds.

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Origin: Temperate and Subtropical Northern Hemisphere

Number of Specimens: 4

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