Smallest flower
Updated July 24, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
The Question:
What's the world's smallest flower?
The Answer:
The smallest known flowering plants are in the genus Wolffia, which float on the surface of quiet streams and ponds. The entire plant-flower and all-is less than a millimeter long. A bouquet of a dozen could fit on the head of a pin.
For more on this, and other interesting facts about the plant world, see our Plant Hall of Fame.
-The Editors
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