NameThatPlant.net: Ludwigia brevipes

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

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

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Read more about Long Beach Seedbox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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