Lemna minuta Kunth

Spice Detail In the field In the field 2

Family: LEMNACEAE

Genus: Lemna

Catalan common name: Llentia d'aigua.

Spanish common name: Lenteja de agua.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): America

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Life-forms: Hydrophyte.

Habitats: Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Non-saline wetlands.

Characteristics: This water lentil is smaller than L. minor, and with leaves more ellipsoidal (instead of ovate). Additionally, indivuals live solitarily, not aggregated together.