Onagraceae
Water primrose
Ludwigia adscendens
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Ludwigia
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Common names
By language (8)
- Bangla
- কেশরদাম
- Chinese
- 水龙, 白花水龍, 毛草龙根, 猪肥草, 玉钗草, 草里银钗, 过塘蛇, 过江藤
- English
- Water primrose
- Hausa
- Ƙudujin fadama
- Indonesian
- Krangkong
- Malayalam
- നീർപ്പനിനീർ
- mnw
- သၞေဝ်ကၟောတ်
- Thai
- แพงพวยน้ำ
Synonyms
- Jussiaea adscendens L.
Photos
Photo: Forestowlet, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ludwigia
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- Floating primrose-willowLudwigia peploidesOnagraceae
- Creeping primrose-willowLudwigia repensOnagraceae
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- Wingleaf primrose-willowLudwigia decurrensOnagraceae
- Piedmont primrose-willowLudwigia arcuataOnagraceae
- Ludwigia epilobioidesOnagraceae
- Ludwigia ovalisOnagraceae
- Peruvian primrose-willowLudwigia peruvianaOnagraceae
- Ludwigia prostrataOnagraceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.