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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ludwigia linearis +
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia linearis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Ludwigia linearis
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ludwigia linearis
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ludwigia linearis
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Ludwigia linearis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-011:
Ludwigia linearis FAMILY Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ludwigia linearis
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Seedbox, Slender Seedbox
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_luli_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_luli_004_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ludwigia linearis +
FAMILY
Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia linearis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Ludwigia linearis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ludwigia linearis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ludwigia linearis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Ludwigia linearis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-011:
Ludwigia linearis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ludwigia linearis
4702
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common to rare, depending on variety and region
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Petals yellow
4 sepals
4 petals
4 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p056
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p265
- 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 Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p303
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