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Wolffiella gladiata
Also called Sword Bogmat
Florida mudmidget is a tiny free-floating aquatic plant in the Arum family, among the smallest flowering plants known at only 3 to 9 mm long. It lives in quiet, still or slow-moving fresh water and is grown mainly by aquarists and pond keepers, so it needs a stable, nutrient-rich, undisturbed water surface.
Wolffiella gladiata, the Florida mudmidget, is an aquatic plant in the family Araceae. It is one of the smallest flowering plants known, a mere 3–9 mm long. It occurs in quiet waters in the states along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States from Texas to New Jersey plus in the states of the Ohio River Valley. Additional specimens have been collected from Massachusetts, Washington, and the Distrito Federal de México.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wolffiella gladiata 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.
