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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ludwigia palustris
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Common Water-purslane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia palustris
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Ludwigia palustris
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-023:
Ludwigia palustris FAMILY Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Isnardia palustris
COMMON NAME:
Common Water-purslane, Marsh Purslane, Marsh Seedbox
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ispa4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_lupa_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm240213_7368
February Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm240312_7707
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1869
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaf blade abruptly tapered to a winged stalk, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1872
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Each leaf is elliptical, entire, ~ 1" long and half as wide; the blade is attenuated to the stem, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1873
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm240821_0653
August Greenville County SC
Reddish stems and ovate leaves up to 1" on long petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm240821_0656
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm240911_1028b
September Greenville County SC
Flowers upright, stalkless. Calyx ~ 1/8" across with lobes flaring outward, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm240911_1029
September Greenville County SC
Commonly seen on along pond margins, marsh edges, and other muddy places with little competition, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Gill Newberry gn10_l_palustris
October
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Gill Newberry gn10_ludwigia_palustris
October
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JK Marlow jkm241016_1306
October Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ludwigia palustris
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia palustris
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Ludwigia palustris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-023:
Ludwigia palustris
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Isnardia palustris
2232
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: In a wide range of natural and altered moist to wet disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles to 2.5cm long
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Sepals yellowish-green to pinkish
4 sepals
Petals absent
Inferior ovary
Flowers in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p477
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p158
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p455
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p266
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p187
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p109
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