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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Lemnaceae (ウキクサ科) > Lemna gibba
Ibo-ukikusa (イボウキクサ, 疣浮草), gibbous duckweed, swollen duckweed or fat duckweed Kobu-ukikusa (コブウキクサ, 瘤浮草) Lifeform: evergreen, aquatic forb → mostly dependent on asexual reproduction |
Distribution: cosmopolitan, excluidng tropical and polar regions
exotic to Japan (reported from central and western parts of Japan) Habitat: stagnant waterChromosome number: 2n = 40, 50, 70 and 80 |
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[1/2] in a small gardening pot found out in the campus of Sophia University, Tokyo, on May 24 2019.