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Globefruit primrose-willow

Ludwigia sphaerocarpa

Also called Globe Fruited False Loosestrife

Globefruit primrose-willow
Photo: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possession, Public domain
Family
Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Ludwigia sphaerocarpa, common names globe-fruited false-loosestrife, globefruit primrose-willow, round-fruited false-loosestrife, globe-fruited seedbox, globe-fruited ludwigia, spherical-fruited seedbox and round-fruited false loosestrife; is a plant in the Myrtales family Onagraceae found in North America. It is listed as endangered in Connecticut,

Indiana, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and as threatened in Michigan and New York (state). It is listed as extirpated in Pennsylvania.

Other Ludwigia plants

Water Primrose · Winged primrose-willow · Seedbox · Ludwigia anastomosans · Wingleaf primrose-willow · Cylindricfruit primrose-willow · Large-flower primrose-willow · Floating Ludwigia · Water Primrose · Spindleroot · Seedbox · Ludwigia inclinata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ludwigia sphaerocarpa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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