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you will receive a good bag of pictured plant

There may be some snails in the leaves. If this is an issue for you please sanitize them in a vinegar dip for 5 mins and rinse thoroughly before adding to your aquarium or pond.

common name
Common Duckweed, Lesser Duckweed

description
Lemna minor is a free floating freshwater aquatic plant. It can have one, two, three or four leaves with each having a single root hanging in the water. The root is 1–2 cm long. Leaves are oval, 1–8 mm long and 0.6–5 mm broad, light green, with three (rarely five) veins and small air spaces to assist floatation.

native or exotic?
Native

reproduction
It reproduces mainly vegetatively by division. As more leaves grow, the plants divide and become separate individuals. Rarely does the plant reproduce sexually. Flowers are rarely produced (usually in winter) and measure about 1 mm in diameter and are white in colour.

dispersal
Birds are important in dispersing L. minor to new sites. The sticky root enables the plant to adhere to the plumage or feet of birds and can thereby colonise new ponds.

benefits
Lemna minor has been shown to remove heavy metals like lead, copper, zinc and arsenic very efficiently from waters with non-lethal concentrations. Harvested plants from uncontaminated waters can be used as soil amendment, compost material or protein source for livestock.