Ludwigia repens
Also known as: Isnardia intermedia, Isnardia media, Isnardia natans, Isnardia repens, Isnardia repens rotundata, Jussiaea swartziana, Ludwigia clavellina, Ludwigia fluitans, Ludwigia natans, Ludwigia natans rotundata, Ludwigia natans stipitata, Ludwigia natans typica, Ludwigia repens rotundata, Ludwigia repens stipitata
Species profile
- Accepted name
- Ludwigia repens J.R.Forst. Species
- Common names
- Creeping Primrose-Willow, creeping primrosewillow, creeping waterpurslane, larger marsh purslane
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Ludwigia
- Habitat
- terrestrial
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern
- Distribution
- Guadeloupe; North America; Germany [I]; Hungary [I]; Spain [I]; Bangladesh [I]; USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia); Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guerrero, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Morelos, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; Alabama; Arizona
- Published in
- J. R. Forst. (1771). In: Cat. Pl. N. Am. 22.
Media and observations
Inland surface water habitats (C level 1) (DAISIE - Inventory of alien invasive species in Europe)
Northern America (DAISIE - Inventory of alien invasive species in Europe)
GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5421030 https://www.gbif.org/species/5421030
Common and trade names from InterAquaristik product data.
· Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:32 AM