Q. The smallest flowering plant is ____:
Answer: Wolffia
Notes: Wolffia is a genus of 9 to 11 species which include the smallest flowering plants on Earth. Commonly called water-meal or duckweed, these aquatic plants resemble specks of cornmeal floating on the water. Wolffia species are free-floating thalli, green or yellow-green, and without roots. The flower is produced in a depression on the top surface of the plant body. It has one stamen and one pistil.

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