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§1 Plant

Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) P.H. Raven ssp. sessiliflora (Micheli) P.H. Raven

vernacular Mexican primrose-willow — subspecies · Onagraceae

USDA
LUOCS
GBIF
5420987 syn.
Rank
subspecies
Mexican primrose-willow (Ludwigia octovalvis ssp. sessiliflora)
Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

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

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 8 counties across 3 states/territories
Legend Native · 8 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 8 counties across 3 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/LUOCS ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/5420987 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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