Ludwigia peploides subsp. peploides |
Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis |
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floating primrose-willow, floating water primrose, Matted water primrose |
floating primrose-willow, floating water primrose |
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Stems | glabrous or sparsely villous. |
usually densely villous, rarely sparsely so, hairs often viscid when fresh, or glabrate on submerged stems. |
Leaves | alternate or fascicled; stipules symmetrical; petioles of basal leaves 0.3–0.8 cm, those of distal leaves 0.2–2.5 cm; blade 0.8–4(–8.5) cm, apex sometimes glandular-mucronate, surfaces shiny, glabrous, rarely ciliate or minutely pellucid-punctate. |
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. |
Flowers | anthers on short filaments 0.5–1.1 mm, those on long filaments 0.8–1.2 mm; ovary 6–14 mm, apex truncate, glabrous or with scattered hairs, stigma usually as long as anthers, rarely exserted beyond them. |
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. |
Capsules | 10–17(–25) × 2–3 mm, pedicel 10–35 mm. |
(20–)24–32 × 2–4 mm, pedicel 7–38(–60) mm. |
Seeds | 7–14 per locule. |
10–15 per locule. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16 (32). |
Ludwigia peploides subsp. peploides |
Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis |
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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 | 0–900[–3000] m. (0–3000[–9800] ft.) | 0–500[–2000] m. (0–1600[–6600] ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NM; OR; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies (Cuba); Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands) [Introduced elsewhere in Pacific Islands (Society Islands), Australia] |
CA; LA; South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Europe (France), Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia] |
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 californica, J. diffusa var. californica, J. repens var. californica | Jussiaea montevidensis, J. repens var. montevidensis, L. adscendens var. montevidensis, L. peploides var. montevidensis |
Name authority | unknown | (Sprengel) P. H. Raven: Reinwardtia 6: 395. (1964) |
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