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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ludwigia decurrens
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wingstem Water-primrose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia decurrens
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Ludwigia decurrens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-001:
Ludwigia decurrens FAMILY Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Jussiaea decurrens
COMMON NAME:
Wingstem Water-primrose, Wingleaf Primrose-willow
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_jude5_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_lude4_003_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_269
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Roxanna Martin rlm82309_105
August Spartanburg County SC
Stem 4-angled and usually winged, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm82309_119
August Spartanburg County SC
The edges of the sessile, narrow lanceolate leaves extend down the stem, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Roxanna Martin rlm91811_135
September Spartanburg County SC
Petals 6-12mm long, 4-6mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm91811_211
September Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm9209_057
September Spartanburg County SC
Sepals ovate with an acuminate apex, 5-10mm long, 2-3mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm9509_206
September Spartanburg County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_decurrens
September
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ludwigia decurrens
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia decurrens
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Ludwigia decurrens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-001:
Ludwigia decurrens
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Jussiaea decurrens
2231
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamp forests, marshes, ditches, 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
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
4 sepals
4 petals
8 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p124
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p238
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p055
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p265
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p150
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p186
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p108
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p282
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