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Read more about Common Water-purslane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ludwigia palustris
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia palustris
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-023:
Ludwigia palustris
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Isnardia palustris
COMMON NAME:
Common Water-purslane, Marsh Purslane, Marsh Seedbox
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ispa4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_lupa_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1869
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaf blade abruptly tapered to a winged stalk, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1872
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Flowers upright, stalkless. Calyx ~ 1/8" across with lobes flaring outward, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1873
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Gill Newberry gn10_l_palustris
October
Reddish stems and ovate leaves up to 1" on long petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Gill Newberry gn10_ludwigia_palustris
October
This species prostrate or floating. Minute flowers sessile in the axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.