Index / Search / Lemna perpusilla
§1 Plant
Lemna perpusilla Torr.
vernacular minute 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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 257 counties across 28 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 257 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Brown 20013
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Geary 20061
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Meade 20119
- Neosho 20133
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Sheridan 20179
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Clay 31035
- Custer 31041
- Dawson 31047
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Fillmore 31059
- Garden 31069
- Grant 31075
- Hall 31079
- Hamilton 31081
- Keith 31101
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Nemaha 31127
- Otoe 31131
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Seward 31159
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Thomas 31171
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
North Dakota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 10 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Hanover 51085
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Loudoun 51107
- Middlesex 51119
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LEPE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2867627 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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