Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 970 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Ivy-leaved duckweed.

Description:
Thallus floating beneath the water surface, 2-8 mm long, contracting abruptly at the base into a slender stalk 1-13 mm long, flat on both surfaces, broadly linear to linear-lanceolate, thin and translucent; root 0 or rarely 1.

Published illustration: Aston (1973) Aquatic plants of Australia, fig. 100.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: MU, SL, KI, SE.   All States except the N.T.   North America; Europe; Africa and Asia. Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available