$3.89
Perennial, free floating, monoecious. Roots numerous, red colored. Stem creeping horizontally, frequently fragmenting. Leaves alternate in a compact series, sessile; leaf blade orbicular, pubescent, venation pinnate, with regions between veins raised and swollen; margin entire. Inflorescence axillary, solitary. Flowers small, unisexual, short-petiolate; perianth of 5-6 imbricate segments, white. Berries red to green. Dispersal by seed and stem fragments.
Out of stock
Scientific name
Phyllanthus L.
Common names
none
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Could be confused with
Salvinia, Spirodela
Native distribution
tropical and subtropical regions of world
Species commonly cultivated
Phyllanthus fluitans Benth. ex Muell. Arg. (Mexico to Brazil)
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