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Wolffia australiana is a tiny aquatic duckweed, the smallest flowering plant, that multiplies fast by cloning itself. It is grown in water with plenty of light and nutrients.
Wolffia australiana is a species of flowering plant in the subfamily Lemnaceae within the family Araceae.
Wolffia australiana is the smallest flowering plant and it has the fastest growing population due to cloning itself, which mostly uses asexual reproduction and rarely produces flowers except under stress or seasonal conditions. Wolffia australiana has an average lifespan of about 17 days, which produces 11 new fronds. It can change its cellular structure as a survival mechanism during different seasons.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wolffia australiana 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.
