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§1 Plant
Lemna obscura (Austin) Daubs
vernacular little 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
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 145 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 145 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okeechobee 12093
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Union 12125
- Wakulla 12129
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- De Soto 22031
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- St. Charles 22089
- St. James 22093
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Winn 22127
Missouri view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 6 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LEOB2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2867608 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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