Onagraceae
Linear leaf water primrose
Ludwigia hyssopifolia
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Ludwigia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Bangla
- লুডউইগিয়া হিসপিফোলিয়া
- Chinese
- 細葉水丁香, 线叶丁香蓼, 细叶水丁香, 草龙, 草龙根
- English
- Linear leaf water primrose, Seed box, Seedbox, Linearleaf primrose-willow, Water primrose
Synonyms
- Fissendocarpa linifolia (Vahl) Bennet
- Jussiaea fissendocarpa Haines
- Jussiaea hyssopifolia G.Don
- Jussiaea linifolia Vahl
- Jussiaea micrantha Kunze
- Jussiaea weddelii Micheli
- Ludwigia linifolia (Vahl) R.S.Rao
- Ludwigia micrantha (Kunze) H.Hara
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Pacific Basin: native
More in Ludwigia
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- Large-flower primrose-willowLudwigia grandifloraOnagraceae
- Floating primrose-willowLudwigia peploidesOnagraceae
- Creeping primrose-willowLudwigia repensOnagraceae
- Ludwigia sedioidesOnagraceae
- 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.