Ludwigia peruviana
Common Name: Peruvian primrosewillow
Family: Onagraceae
Common Synonyms: Jussiaea peruviana
USDA Hardiness Zone: 8a-11
Growth Habit: Shrub
Origin: South America
FISC Category: 1
FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No
Introduction Date: Earliest Florida specimen available vouchered in 1913
IFAS Assessment:
Peruvian primerosewillow is a perennial (sometimes deciduous) shrub that favors wetlands and wet ruderal areas such as roadside ditches. Plants have pubescent stems when young. The leaves are alternate and hairy. The flowers are showy, bright yellow and borne solitary with four petals.
Swamps, and lake and pond margins, marshes. Common, nearly throughout Florida.
Able to float and form floating 'islands', dispersing across water surface. Fast growing and produces thousands of sticky seeds, chokes waterways and dominates all aquatic vegetation within a short time. Has largest flower of all Ludwigia spp. in Florida.
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Dave's Garden. Plant Files: Peruvian water primrose, Ludwigia peruviana: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1352. Last accessed January 24, 2020.
IFAS. Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants. 2020. Ludwigia peruviana. http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/plant_directory/ludwigia_peruviana/. Last accessed January 24, 2020.
