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Fat Duckweed

Lemna gibba

326Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
32Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb4
Mar1
Apr6
May18
Jun28
Jul47
Aug78
Sep56
Oct20
Nov5
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England47
2Norfolk England38
3Powys Wales20
4Monmouthshire Wales13
5Suffolk England10
6Nottinghamshire England8
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland8
8Devon England7
9Herefordshire, County of England6
10North Lincolnshire England6
11Essex England5
12Cumbria England5
13Northamptonshire England5
14North Yorkshire England4
15Cambridgeshire England3
253 England3 Scotland58 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
326
Peak month
August
Counties with records
32
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lemna gibba
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,413
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Lemna
Name with authority
Lemna gibba L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157897 · GBIF 2867569