Duckweed

Lemna minor

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FloatingVery easy

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Growing requirements

  • Difficulty Very easy
  • Growth rate Very fast
  • Growth habit Floating
  • PlacementSuggested Floating
  • Light Low to high light
  • Added CO₂Suggested Not needed
  • Temperature 4–30 °C (39–86 °F) tolerance, not an optimum
  • pH 5–9
  • Carbonate hardness 2–30 dKH
  • Origin North Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, Europe, Asia, North America

Not on record for Duckweed: height, width.

Growing notes

Covers the surface in weeks; scoop it out by the handful, and know that it never quite leaves.

Sources1
  1. 1 Flowgrow plant database