Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Ludwigia peploides
Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven
Floating Primrose-willow, Water-primrose, Creeping Water-primrose
Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)
USDA Symbol: LUPE5USDA Native Status: L48 (NI), PR (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Ludwigia peploides
Smooth Water Primrose
Onagraceae
Location: Mitchell Lake, Polder #2.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun. Creeping in mud and floating in shallow still water.
Description: Sprawling herb with ascending flowering branches to 60 cm long. Leaves oblong/oblong-spatulate, cuneate, 1-9 cm x 5-40 mm, petioled (to 4 cm). Sepals 5, 4-12 mm long. Petals 5, yellow, 7-14+ mm long. Disk slightly elevated. Stamens 10. Capsule 1-4 cm x 3-4 mm.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: May 30, 1992
Specimen number: 426
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0640
Accession Date: Feb 22, 1994
Accession Number: 48
Annotations: SCFXB