Plant Profile: Lemna perpusilla

'Tiny Duckweed' is a small aquatic plant that thrives in calm or gently flowing waters such as swamps, ponds, and lakes, primarily located in the coastal plains of North Carolina. This diminutive floating plant features flattened, leaf-like stems known as fronds, each producing a single root. These fronds can be observed either alone or in clusters of three to five, and they seldom bloom. Tiny Duckweed typically flourishes in waters abundant in nutrients.