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Ludwigia decurrens Walter. Section: Pterocaulon. Common name: Wingstem Water-primrose. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Swamp forests, marshes, ditches. Distribution: MD, w. VA, WV, s. IN, s. IL, and MO, south to s. FL and TX; West Indies; Mexico (CAM, CHP, COL, JAL, MIC, NAY, TAB), Central America and South America; Africa and Asia.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy : = Ar, C, FNA10, GW2, Il, K4, Meso4.1, Mex, Mo3, NcTx, Pa, RAB, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WI, Wagner, Hoch, & Raven (2007); = Jussiaea decurrens (Walter) DC. — F, G, S, S13, WV; = n/a — Tat. Basionym: Ludwigia decurrens Walter 1788

Links to other floras: = Ludwigia decurrens - FNA10

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily : 7

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect annual/short-lived perennial found in swamp forests and ditches.

Stems: Stems with 2 distinctive wings running between leaf nodes, often branched, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, mostly sessile, lance-shaped, to 7 in. long, thin and hairy or smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils of the slender branches; yellow; about 3/4 in. wide; consisting of 4 rounded, wavy-margined petals, 8 stamens, 4 triangular sepals visible between the petals and an elongated ovary that is square in cross-section.

Fruits: Fruit a ribbed, reddish and hairy, narrowly cylindrical capsule with persistent sepals around the top end.

Comments:

Height: 1-7 ft.

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description: Erect annual/short-lived perennial found in swamp forests and ditches.

stems: Stems with 2 distinctive wings running between leaf nodes, often branched, smooth.

leaves: Leaves alternate, mostly sessile, lance-shaped, to 7 in. long, thin and hairy or smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils of the slender branches; yellow; about 3/4 in. wide; consisting of 4 rounded, wavy-margined petals, 8 stamens, 4 triangular sepals visible between the petals and an elongated ovary that is square in cross-section.

fruits: Fruit a ribbed, reddish and hairy, narrowly cylindrical capsule with persistent sepals around the top end.

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