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Spirodela oligorrhiza
Lesser Greater Duckweed is a tiny free-floating aquatic plant in the Arum family that forms floating mats on still fresh water. It is grown mainly in ponds, tanks and aquariums, and needs only calm water and sunlight.
Spirodela oligorrhiza is a species of plants in the family Araceae.
Giant duckweed · Dotted Duckmeat, Dotted Duckweed · Duckweed
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spirodela oligorrhiza by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
