Ludwigia peploides
floating primrose-willow, floating primrose, creeping waterprimrose, floating primrose willow, creeping water-primrose, floating primrose-willow, water-primrose, verdolaga de agua, floating evening primrose
Family
Onagraceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Attachment
petiolate
Leaf Margin
entire
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
oblong, lanceolate, oblanceolate, obovate, spatulate
Growth Form
forb, floating aquatic, aquatic
Flower Color
yellow
Flower Petals
5
Flower Month
April - October
Height (meters)
0.3
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
introduced
Lifespan
perennial
Wetland Class
OBL
Wetland Coefficient of Conservatism
4
Field Characters
Flowers with long pedicels, prominent dark red to black stipules. Flowering stems usually erect, non-flowering stems creeping with ovate leaves. Aggressive exotic forming mats on water. Bright red stem late in year. Leaves alternate with wavy edge, entire, no hairs, axillary leaves. Petioles as long or longer than leaves. Adventitious roots at nodes. Petals 1.5" diameter. Sepals 5.
Habitat
Mud, shallow water, ponds and streams, swamps, ditches.