Ludwigia alternifolia
Common name: seedbox [1], alternate-leaf seedbox [2]
| Ludwigia alternifolia | |
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| Photo by the Illinois Wildflowers Database | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Ludwigia |
| Species: | L. alternifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Ludwigia alternifolia L. | |
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| Natural range of Ludwigia alternifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: Ludwigia alternifolia L. var. linearifolia Britton; L. alternifolia var. pubescens E.J. Palmer & Steyermark;
Varieties: none
Description
L. alternifolia is a perennial forb/herb of the Onagraceae family native to North America and Canada. [1]
Distribution
L. alternifolia is found in the eastern corner of the United States from Colorado to Vermont, as well as the Quebec and Ontario regions of Canada. [1]
Ecology
Habitat
L. alternifolia is found in freshwater tidal marshes, ditches, other marshes, open wet places, and disturbed wet places. [2] Specimens have been collected from wooded floodplain, mesic woodlands, moist loamy sands, depression of wiregrass longleaf woodland, open grassy meadow, edge of stream swamp, mesic cypress dome verge, exposed lake bed and other disturbed drainage areas such as ditches on roadside. [3]
Phenology
L. alternifolia flowers June-October. [4]
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LUAL2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, kathy Craddock Burks, Gary Knight, R.K. Godfrey, Neal Morar, R. Kral, T. MacClendon, karen MacClendon, R.F. Doren, R. Komarek, J.M. Kane, John Nelson, Leah Garris, Frank Lee, Keith Bradley. States and counties: Florida (Franklin, Bay, Leon, Okaloosa, Gulf, washington, Gadsden, Liberty, Santa Rosa, Jackson, Walton, Calhoun, Holmes) South Carolina (Kershaw, Richland) Georgia (Thomas) Texas (Orange)
- ↑ PanFlora Author: Gil Nelson URL: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Date Accessed: 5/24/18
