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Ludwigia erecta (Linnaeus) H. Hara. Section: Pterocaulon. Common name: Yerba de Jicotea. Habitat: Marshes, swamps, pineland ponds. Distribution: FL; West Indies; tropical America; tropical Africa and Madagascar. Also in Coastal Plain of MS and e. TX, probably by introduction.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, Fl4, FNA10, GW2, K4, Meso4.1, Mex, WH3, WI; = Jussiaea erecta L. — S, S13. Basionym: Jussiaea erecta L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Ludwigia erecta - FNA10

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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