Freshwater
Hampshire-purslane
Ludwigia palustris
Onagraceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Under water
- Placement
- Midground, Background
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Helps
- Growth
- Fast
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Height
- Up to 40 cm
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Albania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, and 39 more countries.
Introduced to Australia, Bermuda, and Hawaii.
More about the species
Description
Ludwigia palustris is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common names marsh seedbox, Hampshire-purslane and water purslane. This is an aquatic or semiaquatic perennial herb which grows in moist to wet to flooded areas. It is sometimes a weed. The species epithet palustris is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Dantia palustris
- Isnardia ascendens
- Isnardia nitida
- Isnardia palustris
- Jussiaea isnardia
- Ludwigia apetala
In other languages
- Marsh seedbox
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