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§1 Plant
Lemna valdiviana Phil.
vernacular valdivia 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
§2b
County-level range
· 265 counties across 38 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 135 min.
- pH range
- 5.7–7
- Root depth
- 0 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 0.1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Green
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- None
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- None
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 265 counties across 38 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
California view state ↗ 18 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Morehouse 22067
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Clarke 51043
- Cumberland 51049
- Fairfax 51059
- Frederick 51069
- Goochland 51075
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Northampton 51131
- Page 51139
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LEVA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2867612 ↗Record version
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