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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ludwigia alternifolia
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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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.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia alternifolia
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Ludwigia alternifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-009:
Ludwigia alternifolia FAMILY Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ludwigia alternifolia
COMMON NAME:
Alternate-leaf Seedbox, Bushy Seedbox
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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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 (Newcomb, 1977).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm220722_9200
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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Betsy George bmg080122_9423
August Greenville County SC
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ludwigia alternifolia
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ludwigia alternifolia
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Ludwigia alternifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-01-009:
Ludwigia alternifolia
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ludwigia alternifolia
872
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Freshwater tidal marshes, ditches, other marshes, open wet places, disturbed wet places, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
4 sepals
4 petals
4 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p124
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p132
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p237
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p056
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p264
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p150
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p186
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p109
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p281
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