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Wolffia columbiana
Also called Columbia water-meal, Columbian water-meal, Columbia Watermeal, Columbian Duckmeal, Watermeal
Columbian watermeal is a tiny free-floating aquatic plant in the duckweed family (Lemnoideae), widely found across the Americas. It grows as a floating mat on still or slow fresh water and is not grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
Wolffia columbiana, the Columbian watermeal, is a perennial aquatic plant in the subfamily Lemnoideae. This plant is distributed widely throughout North, Central, and South America, and also occurs in Curaçao.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wolffia columbiana 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.
