Onagraceae
Wingleaf primrose-willow
Ludwigia decurrens
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Ludwigia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 翼茎水丁香, 翼莖水丁香, 翼茎丁香蓼, 翼茎水龙
- English
- Wingleaf primrose-willow
- Japanese
- ヒレタゴボウ
Synonyms
- Diplandra compressa Raf.
- Diplandra decurrens Raf.
- Diplandra heterophyla Raf.
- Diplandra montana Raf.
- Diplandra pumila Raf.
- Jussiaea alata C.Presl
- Jussiaea alata G.Don
- Jussiaea bertonii H.Lév.
- Jussiaea decurrens DC.
- Jussiaea erecta Nutt.
- Jussiaea palustris G.Mey.
- Jussiaea paniculata Poepp. ex Micheli
- Jussiaea pterophora Miq.
- Jussiaea tenuifolia Nutt.
- Ludwigia jussiaeoides Michx.
- Oenothera alata Raf.
- Oenothera paludosa Featherm.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
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Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ludwigia
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- Water primroseLudwigia adscendensOnagraceae
- Linear leaf water primroseLudwigia hyssopifoliaOnagraceae
- Large-flower primrose-willowLudwigia grandifloraOnagraceae
- Floating primrose-willowLudwigia peploidesOnagraceae
- Creeping primrose-willowLudwigia repensOnagraceae
- Ludwigia sedioidesOnagraceae
- 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.