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Watermeal (Wolfnia spp.)

Common Name: Watermeal

Description: Small, floating green plants which are often mistaken for algae. Reproduction is by means of fragmentation. Common in quiet water such as ponds or backwaters. Smallest of flowering plants, granular in size, usually abundant when present. No roots present. Plant often mistaken for seeds.

Note: Drawing is used with permission from the Center for Aquatic Plants, University of Florida. Drawing cannot be copied without permission from the Center. Descriptions are from the book "How to Identify and Control Water Weeds and Algae", Edited by James C. Schmidt, 5th edition revised 1998, copyright 1976 Applied Biochemists.