Floating Primrose-Willow (Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven)
↑Range - Expand
Legend | Color |
Native | |
Expanded | |
Native or Not Present | |
Native or Expanded | |
Expanded or Not Present | |
Native or Expanded or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
This species is widely agreed to be native to parts of the central to southwestern US and south through Mexico into Central and South America. However, it has expanded its range due to humans introducing it to new areas. Different sources disagree as to where exactly it is native; we mark it Expanded in California since Calflora lists it as non-native, but native in Arizona, and native in Florida but expanded in most of the other eastern states. We have yet to build the portion of the map in Mexico.
↑Notes
This species has probably spread to new areas through material carried along on boats.
↑Links & External Resources
• Ludwigia peploides (floating primrose-willow) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Ludwigia peploides (water primrose) | CABI Invasive Species Compendium (About This Site)
• Ludwigia peploides | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Ludwigia peploides | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Ludwigia peploides | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Ludwigia peploides | Missouri Plants (About This Site)
• Floating Primrose-willow | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H.Raven | Plants of the World Online (POWO) (About This Site)
• Ludwigia peploides (H.B.K.) Raven var. glabrescens (Kuntze)Shinners (Floating Primrose-willow, Creeping Water-primrose) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)