OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa   FAMILY Onagraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa   FAMILY Onagraceae

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

Ludwigia sphaerocarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ludwigia sphaerocarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Ludwigia sphaerocarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Ludwigia sphaerocarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-017:

Ludwigia sphaerocarpa   FAMILY Onagraceae

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

Ludwigia sphaerocarpa

 

COMMON NAME:
Globe-fruited Seedbox


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image of Ludwigia sphaerocarpa, Globe-fruited Seedbox

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lusp_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa   FAMILY Onagraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-017:
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa   FAMILY Onagraceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4933

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: boggy areas, pools, ditches, river marshes, interdune swales, river and pondshores, tidal freshwater marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles absent or to 2mm long

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Sepals yellow or cream
4 sepals
Petals absent
4 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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