§1 Plant
Lemna minuta Kunth
vernacular least duckweed — species · Lemnaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Lemnaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Lemna
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 134 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 134 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
California view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Contra Costa 06013
- Fresno 06019
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Madera 06039
- Marin 06041
- Merced 06047
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
Colorado view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LEMI6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2867614 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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