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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ludwigia arcuata
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia arcuata
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Ludwigia arcuata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ludwigia arcuata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ludwigia arcuata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-019:
Ludwigia arcuata FAMILY Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ludwigiantha arcuata
COMMON NAME:
Pondshore Seedbox, piedmont primrose-willow, Needleleaf Ludwigia
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_luar15_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_l_arcuata_74898
June Osceola County FL
Petals longer than sepals; pedicels 15-35mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ludwigia arcuata
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia arcuata
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Ludwigia arcuata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ludwigia arcuata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ludwigia arcuata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-019:
Ludwigia arcuata
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ludwigiantha arcuata
3987
Marginal emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes or submerged in water of natural Coastal Plain ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
4 sepals
4 petals
4 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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