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Onagraceae
Ludwigia

not marked as a favorite taxon Ludwigia suffruticosa Walter. Common name: Pond Seedbox, "Shrubby Seedbox". Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Periodically to seasonally flooded portions of limesink ponds (dolines) and pondcypress savannas of clay-based Carolina bays, other seasonally ponded wetlands. Distribution: Se. NC south to s. peninsular FL, west to Panhandle FL and se AL.

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Section: Isnardia.

ID notes: Easily distinguished by the clustered flowers, lacking petals but with showy sepals (usually white, cream, pale green, pink, or mixtures of those colors).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: This species is tetraploid (n = 16).

Other Comments: Peng (1989) reports that "with its whitish creamy sepals, which are very showy in the dense flower aggregates, the cross-pollinating L. suffruticosa successfully attracts many insects, mostly bumblebees, honeybees, and wasps".

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl4, FNA10, GW2, K4, RAB, S, S13, WH3, Peng (1989), Wagner, Hoch, & Raven (2007); = Ludwigia capitata Michx. Basionym: Ludwigia suffruticosa Walter 1788

Links to other floras: = Ludwigia suffruticosa - FNA10

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Ludwigia suffruticosa© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Ludwigia suffruticosa© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Ludwigia suffruticosa© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Ludwigia suffruticosa© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Ludwigia suffruticosa© Carol Ann McCormick | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Ludwigia suffruticosa© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Ludwigia suffruticosa© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Ludwigia suffruticosa© Radford, Ahles and Bell | Original Image ⭷

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