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Accession Data:

Wolffia columbiana Karst.

  • Common Name: Common Wolffia
  • Family: Araceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: N & S America

  • Description: Minute floating herb, among the smallest of flowering plants; Plant bodies globose, to 1/16 inch long, not dotted, with 3 papillae on upper surface, floating just beneath water surface.

    North and South America

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198502635
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 11-30--0001
  • Bench: 2313 - New Zealand/Australia
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-12-2022

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Alismatales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Araceae
  • SubFamily: Lemnoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008

References (internal):

  • Aquatic Plants
  • Acropleustophyte
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: British Columbia / Manitoba / Saskatchewan / Ontario / Québec / Colorado / Oregon / Illinois / Iowa / Kansas / Minnesota / Missouri / North Dakota / Nebraska / Oklahoma / South Dakota / Wisconsin / Connecticut / Indiana / Maine / Masachusettes / Michigan / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New York / Ohio / Pennsylvania / Vermont / West Virginia / California / Texas / Alabama / Arkansas / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Kentucky / Louisiana / Maryland / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Tennessee / Virginia / District of Columbia / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Netherlands Antilles / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Paraguay / Uruguay

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, January 28, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, January 28, 2017.

data regenerated on Thu, 16 Mar 2023 08:33:13 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Wolffia columbiana

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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