
Wolffia
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Sep 18, 2026
What will we eat in space?
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4:15Ann JonesHOST
But then these duckies got back into the water again, but this time some of them took their bathers off, and in this case, the bathers are the roots and the leaves.
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4:25Jenny MortimerGUEST
These ones, they're called wolffia, and one example is Wolffia australiana.
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4:29Jenny MortimerGUEST
Clue, you can find it all over Australia, where it looks like a little green iceberg, essentially.
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4:34Jenny MortimerGUEST
So yeah, it doesn't have roots.
Paleobotanical Origins of The Reflecting Pool Disaster
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127:11Charles DelwicheGUEST
Um, and flowering is even rarer in Lemna, but- but it's, like, the flower is that much more reduced.
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127:21Charles DelwicheGUEST
And then you've got Wolffia and Wolffiella, um, which are the ones, um, th- so let me see.
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127:32Charles DelwicheGUEST
I gotta get this right.
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127:33Charles DelwicheGUEST
Wolffiella is the one which is like a little strap.
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127:37Charles DelwicheGUEST
Um, and then, um, Wolffia, um, just looks like it, um, i- it looks like a green alga.
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127:49Charles DelwicheGUEST
It's just, um-
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127:50Joey SantoreHOST
Yeah, water meal
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