Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Onagraceae

Ludwigia - [maps | photos]

• Ludwigia alternifolia L.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: seedbox

• Ludwigia decurrens Walt.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: wingleaf primrose willow
  Synonyms:
  

         • Jussiaea decurrens (Walt.) DC.

• Ludwigia glandulosa Walt.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: cylindricfruit primrose willow

• Ludwigia grandiflora * (Michx.) Greuter & Burdet
  Common Name: Uruguayian water-primrose
  Synonyms:
  

         • Jussiaea uruguayensis Cambess.

         • Ludwigia uruguayensis (Camb.) H. Hara

• Ludwigia hirtella Raf. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: spindleroot

• Ludwigia leptocarpa (Nutt.) H. Hara
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: anglestem primrose willow
  Synonyms:
  

         • Jussiaea leptocarpa Nutt.

• Ludwigia linearis Walt.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: narrowleaf primrose willow

• Ludwigia microcarpa Michx.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: smallfruit primrose willow

• Ludwigia palustris (L.) Ell.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: marsh seedbox

• Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) ssp. glabrescens (Kuntze) Raven
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: floating primrose willow
  Synonyms:
  

         • Jussiaea repens L. var. glabrescens Kuntze

• Ludwigia sphaerocarpa Ell. (TN Threatened)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: globefruit primrose willow

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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