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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-017:
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa FAMILY Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
COMMON NAME:
Globe-fruited Seedbox
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lusp_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-017:
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
4933
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: boggy areas, pools, ditches, river marshes, interdune swales, river and pondshores, tidal freshwater marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles absent or to 2mm long
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Sepals yellow or cream
4 sepals
Petals absent
4 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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