Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis |
Ludwigia peploides subsp. glabrescens |
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floating primrose-willow, floating water primrose |
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Stems | usually densely villous, rarely sparsely so, hairs often viscid when fresh, or glabrate on submerged stems. |
glabrous. |
Leaves | alternate, sometimes fascicled; stipules often asymmetrical; petioles of basal leaves (0.5–)0.8–1.6 cm, those of distal leaves 0.5–2.8 cm; blade (0.4–)1–6(–9.5) cm, apex glandular-mucronate, surfaces not shiny, usually densely hirtellous, rarely glabrous abaxially. |
alternate, usually not fascicled; stipules symmetrical; petioles of basal leaves 0.7–2.5 cm, those of distal leaves 0.7–6 cm; blade (2–)4–10 cm, apex eglandular-mucronate, surfaces shiny, glabrous. |
Flowers | anthers on short filaments (0.7–)0.9–1.8 mm, those on long filaments (0.8–)1.1–2.2 mm; ovary 6–10 mm, apex truncate, densely hirtellous, sometimes only on apical 1/2, stigma usually as long as anthers, rarely exserted beyond them. |
anthers subequal, 1.2–1.4 mm; ovary 14–20 mm, apex somewhat broader, glabrous or with scattered hairs, stigma usually exserted beyond anthers, rarely as long as anthers. |
Capsules | (20–)24–32 × 2–4 mm, pedicel 7–38(–60) mm. |
25–40 × 3–4 mm, pedicel 35–90 mm. |
Seeds | 10–15 per locule. |
16–18 per locule. |
2n | = 16 (32). |
= 16. |
Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis |
Ludwigia peploides subsp. glabrescens |
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Phenology | Flowering summer-early fall. | Flowering summer-early fall. |
Habitat | Wet places, along slow-moving rivers, streams, canals, ditches, often growing into main channels as aquatic weeds. | Wet places, along slow-moving rivers, streams, canals, ditches, often growing into main channels as aquatic weeds. |
Elevation | 0–500[–2000] m. (0–1600[–6600] ft.) | 0–900[–3000] m. (0–3000[–9800] ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; LA; South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Europe (France), Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia] |
AL; AR; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NE; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV; South America (Venezuela) |
Discussion | In the flora area, subsp. montevidensis is introduced in California (P. H. Raven 1963c), where it was first collected in 1906 (El Dorado County, Rixford s.n., CAS), and in Louisiana. Subspecies montevidensis occasionally forms masses of vegetation that can obstruct water flow and navigation in California and elsewhere. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 10. | FNA vol. 10. |
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Synonyms | Jussiaea montevidensis, J. repens var. montevidensis, L. adscendens var. montevidensis, L. peploides var. montevidensis | Jussiaea repens var. glabrescens, J. boydiana, L. peploides var. glabrescens |
Name authority | (Sprengel) P. H. Raven: Reinwardtia 6: 395. (1964) | (Kuntze) P. H. Raven: Reinwardtia 6: 394. (1964) |
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