OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ludwigia repens   FAMILY Onagraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia repens   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)

Ludwigia repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-021:

Ludwigia repens   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Ludwigia natans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Isnardia repens

 

COMMON NAME:
Creeping Seedbox


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image of Ludwigia repens, Creeping Seedbox

Keith Bradley    kab_ludwigia_repens_74762

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

South Dade Wetlands

Prostrate matted perennial, rooting at lower nodes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Ludwigia repens, Creeping Seedbox

Keith Bradley    kab_ludwigia_repens_74767

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

South Dade Wetlands

image of Ludwigia repens, Creeping Seedbox

Keith Bradley    kab_ludwigia_repens_74775

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

South Dade Wetlands

Sepals persistent, triangular to ovate, glabrous, acute to acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Ludwigia repens, Creeping Seedbox

Keith Bradley    kab_ludwigia_repens_74788

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

South Dade Wetlands

Leaves to 5cm long x 2cm wide, usually acute, base attenuate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ludwigia repens   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia repens   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Ludwigia repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-021:
Ludwigia repens   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ludwigia natans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Isnardia repens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3989

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Ditches, pools, and streams, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Sepals light green; petals yellow
4 sepals
4 petals, caducous (falling off early)
4 stamens ?
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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