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§1 Plant

Ludwigia peruviana (L.) H. Hara

vernacular Peruvian primrose-willow — species · Onagraceae


USDA
LUPE6
GBIF
5421024
Rank
species
Peruvian primrose-willow (Ludwigia peruviana)
Platephotograph · mfeaverCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

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

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • PR Puerto Rico Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 54 counties across 4 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 54 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 54 counties across 4 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/LUPE6 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/5421024 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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