Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ludwigia suffruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Shrubby Seedbox at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia suffruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-014:
Ludwigia suffruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
COMMON NAME:
Shrubby Seedbox
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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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ludwigia suffruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia suffruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-014:
Ludwigia suffruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
2343
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in NC)
Look for it in periodically to seasonally flooded portions of limesink ponds (dolines) and clay-based Carolina bays, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles almost absent or to 5mm long
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Creamy-white
4 sepals
Petals absent, usually
4 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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