PLANTS Profile for Ludwigia peploides (floating primrose-willow)

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Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven
floating primrose-willow

Symbol:

LUPE5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Onagraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		NI
PR		N

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Photo of Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven

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Distribution:
Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven

View 13 genera in Onagraceae, 33 species in Ludwigia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Ludwigia peploides ssp. glabrescens
floating primrose-willow

Ludwigia peploides ssp. montevidensis
floating primrose-willow

Ludwigia peploides ssp. peploides
floating primrose-willow

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven

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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 peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven – floating primrose-willow

U.S. Weed Information:
Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven

creeping waterprimrose
floating primrose-willow

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

KY		Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven

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More Accounts and Images:
Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27355.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

Time Generated: 10/08/2008 03:52 PM MDT