Onagraceae
Creeping primrose-willow
Ludwigia repens
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Ludwigia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- لودجيا ناتانس
- Chinese
- 匍匐丁香蓼, 匍生水丁香
- English
- Creeping primrose-willow, Creeping primrosewillow, Creeping waterpurslane
Synonyms
- Isnardia intermedia Small & Alexander
- Isnardia media Small
- Isnardia natans (Elliott) Kuntze
- Isnardia repens var. rotundata Griseb.
- Ludwigia clavellina M.Gómez & Molinet
- Ludwigia fluitans Scheele
- Ludwigia natans Elliott
- Ludwigia natans var. rotundata (Griseb.) Fernald & Griscom
- Ludwigia natans var. stipitata Fernald & Griscom
- Ludwigia natans var. typica Fernald & Griscom
- Ludwigia repens var. rotundata (Griseb.) M.Gómez
- Ludwigia repens var. stipitata (Fernald & Griscom) Munz
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Show ryu ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ludwigia
- Mexican primrose-willowLudwigia octovalvisOnagraceae
- Water primroseLudwigia adscendensOnagraceae
- Linear leaf water primroseLudwigia hyssopifoliaOnagraceae
- Large-flower primrose-willowLudwigia grandifloraOnagraceae
- Floating primrose-willowLudwigia peploidesOnagraceae
- 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.