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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ludwigia hirtella
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rafinesque's Seedbox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia hirtella
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Ludwigia hirtella
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-008:
Ludwigia hirtella FAMILY Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ludwigia hirtella
COMMON NAME:
Rafinesque's Seedbox, Spindleroot, Hairy Seedbox
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_luhi_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_hirtella_rafin
August
Petals larger than those of L. alternifolia, exceeding the narrow sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ludwigia hirtella
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia hirtella
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Ludwigia hirtella
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-008:
Ludwigia hirtella
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ludwigia hirtella
3289
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, rarely inland in boggy seepage in barrens and oak flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
4 sepals
4 petals
4 stamens, usually
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
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) p376
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p151
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p187
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p109
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p068
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