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§1 Plant

Ludwigia maritima Harper

vernacular seaside primrose-willow — species · Onagraceae


USDA
LUMA4
GBIF
5421009
Rank
species
seaside primrose-willow (Ludwigia maritima)
Platephotograph · Bob PetersonCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Onagraceae Juss.
Genus
Ludwigia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 112 counties across 7 states/territories
Legend Native · 112 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 112 counties across 7 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 6 N
Florida view state ↗ 56 N
Georgia view state ↗ 17 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 14 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 9 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/LUMA4 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5421009 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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