NameThatPlant.net: Ludwigia brevipes

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia brevipes FAMILY Onagraceae

Ludwigia brevipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-020:

Ludwigia brevipes FAMILY Onagraceae

COMMON NAME:
Long Beach Seedbox, Coastal Plain Water-purslane

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lubr8_001_lvd

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia brevipes FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-020:
Ludwigia brevipes FAMILY Onagraceae

2994

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Pondshores, blackwater rivers, interdunal swales, borrow ponds, ditches, impoundments, marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
4 sepals
4 petals
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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