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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Alternate-leaf Seedbox 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 alternifolia
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia alternifolia
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-009:
Ludwigia alternifolia
FAMILY
Onagraceae
COMMON NAME:
Alternate-leaf Seedbox, Bushy Seedbox
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lual2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_lual2_005_lvd
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Steve Marlow snm079801_13
January Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0402e_11
February Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
Fruit nearly cubic, about 0.25" wide, base rounded, slightly wing-angled, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm120623_199
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0507k_36
July Greenville County SC
Leaves lanceolate, entire, 2-4" long, tapering to the base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm0507l_16
July Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120704_488
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Petals yellow, not notched; flowers grow singly in the axils, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm120704_563
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Sepals deltoid-ovate, 6-9mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Gill Newberry gn08_l_alternifolia_side_
August
Petals fall off easily - a field identification trick for the Onagraceae, per www.missouriplants.com
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JK Marlow jkm130823_537
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Flowers yellow, about 1/2" across, with conspicuous spreading sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm130823_540
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm190802_0527
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0309c_31
September Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
Leaves up to 4" long & have tapering bases, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0309m_26
September Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
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JK Marlow jkm140917_823
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140917_823b
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_alternifolia_5
September
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JK Marlow jkm0310c_25
October Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
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JK Marlow jkm0310h_11
October Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0510f_13b
October Oconee County SC