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Onagraceae
Ludwigia

not marked as a favorite taxon Ludwigia erecta (Linnaeus) H. Hara. 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.

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Section: Pterocaulon.

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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image #1 of Ludwigia erecta© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Ludwigia erecta© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Ludwigia erecta© Jake Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jake Smith source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Ludwigia erecta© Jake Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jake Smith source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Ludwigia erecta© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Ludwigia erecta© chiuluan, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by chiuluan source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Ludwigia erecta© Ron Frumkin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ron Frumkin source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Ludwigia erecta© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Ludwigia erecta© Jake Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jake Smith source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Ludwigia erecta© Jake Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jake Smith source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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