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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (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
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 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
Flowers upright, stalkless. Calyx ~ 1/8" across with lobes flaring outward, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1873
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Gill Newberry gn10_l_palustris
October
Reddish stems and ovate leaves up to 1" on long petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Gill Newberry gn10_ludwigia_palustris
October
This species prostrate or floating. Minute flowers sessile in the axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Ludwigia palustris
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia palustris
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Habitat: In a wide range of natural and altered moist to wet disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles to 2.5cm long
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Calyx 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!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p158
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p455
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p187
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p109