Ludwigia leptocarpa (Nuttall) Hara. Section: Seminudae. Common name: Water-willow. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Riverbanks, marshes, swamps, and ditches, often on logs or tree bases in deep swamps. Distribution: VA south to c. peninsular FL, west to e. TX, north in the interior along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to se. MO, s. IL, and w. WV; and in tropical America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Morphologically variable and of different ploidies (tetraploid and hexaploid) (Hoch 2021).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Fl4, FNA10, GW2, Il, K4, Meso4.1, Mex, Mo3, NcTx, RAB, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Wagner, Hoch, & Raven (2007); = Jussiaea leptocarpa Nutt. — F, G, S, S13, WV; = n/a — Pa, Tat; > Ludwigia leptocarpa (Nutt.) Hara ssp. leptocarpa — WI. Basionym: Jussiaea leptocarpa Nutt. 1818
Links to other floras: = Ludwigia leptocarpa - FNA10
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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