OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ludwigia suffruticosa   FAMILY Onagraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia suffruticosa   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)

Ludwigia suffruticosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-014:

Ludwigia suffruticosa   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ludwigia suffruticosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Shrubby Seedbox


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image of Ludwigia suffruticosa, Shrubby Seedbox

Jerry Bright    jeb_072608_027

July    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Flowers in a terminal headlike cluster; flowering stems 12-32" tall, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Ludwigia suffruticosa, Shrubby Seedbox

Jerry Bright    jeb_072608_136

July    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Sepals widely ovate (petals absent), per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ludwigia suffruticosa   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia suffruticosa   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Ludwigia suffruticosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-014:
Ludwigia suffruticosa   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ludwigia suffruticosa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2343

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Periodically to seasonally flooded portions of limesink ponds (dolines) and clay-based Carolina bays, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (rare in NC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles almost absent or to 5mm long

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Sepals pale green, creamy-white
4 sepals
Petals absent, usually
4 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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