Duckweed


Scientific Name=    Lemna minor

Family=    Lemnaceae

Origin=    Worldwide

Temperature=    41-77 °F (5-25 °C)

pH=    Neutral

Water Hardness=    Medium

Lighting=    Intense

Substrate=    None

Propagation=    Rapid

Comments=    A floating plant that reproduces rapidly and can quickly cover the top of the aquarium wherever light is available, can deprive other plants of light, its family is among the smallest flowering plants known