Common name
English: Water Primrose
Mandarin: 水龙 (shui long)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Myrtales (80)
Family: Onagraceae (19)(family description)
Genus: Ludwigia (6)
Epithet: adscendens (L.) Hara (1)
Synonyms: Jussiaea adscendens L., Jussiaea repens L.
adscendens => rising upwards
repens => creeping and rooting
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: helophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
External links
Check for Ludwigia adscendens at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [294] Ludwigia adscendens - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [1313] Ludwigia adscendens - Flora of China @ efloras.org