Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Aquatics
Flowering Plants, Shrub
Origin
North America, Europe, Asia
Southwest Asia
Types
Lemna minor
Calypso, Petite Salmon, Petite Pink
Number of Varieties
371
0
40000
👆🏻
Habitat
Lakes, Ponds, sluggish streams and rivers
dry rocky watercourses, Riverbanks
USDA Hardiness Zone
1-89-11
0
99
👆🏻
AHS Heat Zone
7-1
-
Sunset Zone
21,22
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Habit
Spreading
Bushy, Evergreen
Plant Size
Minimum Height
5.00 cm300.00 cm
0
3900
👆🏻
Minimum Width
0.12 cm350.00 cm
0
6350
👆🏻
Plant Color
Flower Color
-
Cream, Creamy Yellow, Pink, Purple, Red, White
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Light Green
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Light Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Light Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Light Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Gray Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Oblong-lanceolate
Long linear and narrow
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
Fall, Spring
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Fast
Medium
Type of Soil
-
Well drained
The pH of Soil
-
Neutral, Slightly Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Poorly Drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Late Spring, Early Summer
Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Cold climate, Salt, Wet Site
Drought
Where to Plant?
In Water
Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Layering, Seedlings, Stem Planting
Plant Maintenance
Low
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Plant grows in water
Water less during winter, Water more in summer
In Summer
Aquatic Plant
Lots of watering
In Spring
Aquatic Plant
Moderate
In Winter
Aquatic Plant
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
Neutral, Slightly Alkaline
Soil Type
-
Well drained
Soil Drainage Capacity
Poorly Drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
-
Prune in the late winter or spring, Remove shoots
Fertilizers
No fertilizers needed
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, fertilize every 2-3 weeks while growing, Fertilize in early spring, Potassium
Pests and Diseases
Insects, Red blotch
Leaf spot, Mealybugs, Red blotch, Red spider mite, Scale, Scale insects
Plant Tolerance
Cold climate, Salt
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Glossy
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Insects
Mealybugs
Allergy
-
Phytodermatitis, Rash, Toxic
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
Cottage Garden, Showy Purposes, Used in parkland
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Food for insects
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Swelling
Asthma, Cancer, Cardiotonic, Diabetes, epilepsy, Scabies
Part of Plant Used
-
Flowers, Leaves
Other Uses
-
Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Bog Garden, Water Gardens
-
Botanical Name
LEMNA trisulca
Nerium
Common Name
Duckmeat, Frog's Buttons, Ivyleaf Duckweed, Star Duckweed
Oleander, Nerium Oleander
In Hindi
duckweed
ओलियंडर
In German
Entengrütze
Oleander
In French
lentille d'eau
laurier-rose
In Spanish
Lenteja de agua
Adelfa
In Greek
duckweed
Πικροδάφνη
In Portuguese
lentilha-d'água
oleandro
In Polish
Rzęsa
Oleander
In Latin
duckweed
Cleander
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Arales
Gentianales
Family
Lemnaceae
Apocynaceae
Genus
Lemna
Nerium
Clade
Angiosperms, Monocots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
Lemneae
Wrightieae
Subfamily
Lemnoideae
Apocynoideae, Hippocastanoideae
Number of Species
38700
1
27800
👆🏻