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floating primrose-willow, floating water primrose, Matted water primrose

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floating primrose-willow, floating water primrose

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

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
from FNA
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]
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from FNA
CA; LA; South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Europe (France), Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia]
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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.)

Source FNA vol. 10. FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Ludwigioideae > Ludwigia > sect. Jussiaea > Ludwigia peploides Onagraceae > subfam. Ludwigioideae > Ludwigia > sect. Jussiaea > Ludwigia peploides
Sibling taxa
L. peploides subsp. glabrescens, L. peploides subsp. montevidensis
L. peploides subsp. glabrescens, L. peploides subsp. peploides
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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