Onagraceae
Yerba de jicotea
Ludwigia erecta
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Ludwigia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 美洲水丁香
- English
- Yerba de jicotea
Synonyms
- Isnardia discolor Klotzsch
- Jussiaea acuminata Sw.
- Jussiaea acuminata var. latifolia Griseb.
- Jussiaea acuminata var. longifolia Griseb.
- Jussiaea altissima Perr. ex DC.
- Jussiaea declinata Sessé & Moc.
- Jussiaea erecta L.
- Jussiaea erecta var. plumeriana DC.
- Jussiaea erecta var. sebana DC.
- Jussiaea nubica Hochst. ex Oliv.
- Jussiaea onagra Mill.
- Jussiaea parviflora Salzm. ex Micheli
- Jussiaea plumeriana (DC.) Bello
- Jussiaea ramosa Jacq. ex Rchb.
- Jussiaea sessiliflora DC.
- Ludwigia acuminata M.Gómez
- Ludwigia plumeriana (DC.) Bello
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.