Onagraceae
Peruvian primrose-willow
Ludwigia peruviana
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Ludwigia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 秘鲁水丁香
- English
- Peruvian primrose-willow
- Malayalam
- കുളകരയാമ്പു
Synonyms
- Jussiaea grandiflora Ruiz & Pav.
- Jussiaea hirsuta Vell.
- Jussiaea hirta Lam.
- Jussiaea hirta (L.) Sw.
- Jussiaea macrocarpa Kunth
- Jussiaea mollis Kunth
- Jussiaea peruviana L.
- Jussiaea peruviana f. hirsuta Hassl.
- Jussiaea peruviana f. tomentosa Hassl.
- Jussiaea peruviana var. australis Hassl.
- Jussiaea peruviana var. glaberrima Donn.Sm.
- Jussiaea peruviana var. macrocarpa (Kunth) Bertoni
- Jussiaea peruviana var. macrophylla Bertoni
- Jussiaea peruviana var. typica Munz
- Jussiaea speciosa Ridl.
- Jussiaea sprengeri hort. ex L.H.Bailey
- Ludwigia hirta (L.) M.Gómez
- Ludwigia peruviana var. glaberrima (Donn.Sm.) Alain
- Oenothera hirta L.
- Sphaerostigma minimum Heynh.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shaina Noggle, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shaina Noggle, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shaina Noggle, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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
- 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.