Onagraceae
Floating primrose-willow
Ludwigia peploides
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Ludwigia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 荸艾状水龙
- Dutch
- Kleine waterteunisbloem, Postelein-waterlepeltje
- English
- Floating primrose-willow, Creeping water-primrose
- French
- Jussie des marais, Jussie rampante
- German
- Flutendes Heusenkraut
- Slovenian
- Plazeča ludvigija
- Spanish
- Duraznillo de agua, Enramada de las tarariras, Flor de laguna, Onagraria
Synonyms
- Jussiaea peploides Kunth
- Jussiaea repens var. peploides (Kunth) Griseb.
- Ludwigia adscendens var. peploides (Kunth) H.Hara
- Ludwigia clavellina var. peploides (Kunth) M.Gómez
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ludwigia
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- Water primroseLudwigia adscendensOnagraceae
- Linear leaf water primroseLudwigia hyssopifoliaOnagraceae
- Large-flower primrose-willowLudwigia grandifloraOnagraceae
- 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.