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Ludwigia helminthorrhiza
Floating Ludwigia is a perennial aquatic herb from the evening-primrose family that grows on or just under the surface of wet, swampy water. It needs warm, still or slow water with plenty of sun to spread well.
Ludwigia helminthorrhiza, known commonly as floating Ludwigia, originally known as Jussiaea natans Bonpl. or Jussiaea helminthorrhiza C. Martius is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Onagraceae. Native to south Mexico, Colombia and South America, its habitat includes wet, swampy localities.
Water Primrose · Winged primrose-willow · Seedbox · Ludwigia anastomosans · Wingleaf primrose-willow · Cylindricfruit primrose-willow · Large-flower primrose-willow · Water Primrose · Spindleroot · Seedbox · Ludwigia inclinata · Mexican primrose-willow
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ludwigia helminthorrhiza by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
