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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ludwigia hirtella
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-008:
Ludwigia hirtella
FAMILY
Onagraceae
COMMON NAME:
Rafinesque's 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
Plants glabrescent to hirtellous with long spreading [stiff] hairs, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ludwigia hirtella
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia hirtella
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-008:
Ludwigia hirtella
FAMILY
Onagraceae
3289
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont & Mountains)
Look for it in savannas, rarely in mountain bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p151
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p187
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p109