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, K1, K3, K4, Meso4.1, Mex, WH3, WI; = Jussiaea erecta L. – S, S13
Links to other floras: = Ludwigia erecta - FNA10
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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