PLANTS Profile for Ludwigia polycarpa (manyfruit primrose-willow)

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Ludwigia polycarpa Short & Peter
manyfruit primrose-willow

Symbol:

LUPO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Onagraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Ludwigia polycarpa Short & Peter

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 587. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Ludwigia polycarpa Short & Peter

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Distribution:
Ludwigia polycarpa Short & Peter


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USA (AL, AR, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NE, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Ludwigia polycarpa Short & Peter

View 13 genera in Onagraceae, 33 species in Ludwigia

Classification:
Ludwigia polycarpa Short & Peter

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Onagraceae – Evening Primrose family
Genus	Ludwigia L. – primrose-willow
Species	Ludwigia polycarpa Short & Peter – manyfruit primrose-willow

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ludwigia polycarpa Short & Peter

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
many-fruited false-loosestrife		Special Concern
Massachusetts:
many-fruited false-loosestrife		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
false loosestrife seedbox		Endangered
Vermont:
many-fruited false-loosestrife		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Ludwigia polycarpa Short & Peter

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

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More Accounts and Images:
Ludwigia polycarpa Short & Peter

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27361.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/26/2008 06:07 AM MDT