Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ludwigia octovalvis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This is a species of the Deep South, found sparingly north to extreme southeastern NC, and south into the tropics. There is some confusion between this species and the non-native L. bonariensis in the literature. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia octovalvis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
COMMON NAME:
Mexican Primose-willow
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ludwigia octovalvis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia octovalvis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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