familyOnagraceae
subfamilyOnagraceae subfam. Ludwigioideae
genusLudwigia
sectionLudwigia sect. Jussiaea
speciesLudwigia peploides
subspeciesLudwigia peploides subsp. glabrescens
Ludwigia peploides subsp. glabrescens
Reinwardtia 6: 394. 1964.
Basionym: Jussiaea repens var. glabrescens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 251. 1891
Synonyms: J. boydiana Featherman Ludwigia peploides var. glabrescens (Kuntze) Shinners
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.
Stems glabrous. Leaves alternate, usually not fascicled; stipules symmetrical; petioles of basal leaves 0.7–2.5 cm, those of distal leaves 0.7–6 cm; blade (2–) 4–10 cm, apex eglandular-mucronate, surfaces shiny, glabrous. Flowers: anthers subequal, 1.2–1.4 mm; ovary 14–20 mm, apex somewhat broader, glabrous or with scattered hairs, stigma usually exserted beyond anthers, rarely as long as anthers. Capsules 25–40 × 3–4 mm, pedicel 35–90 mm. Seeds 16–18 per locule. 2n = 16.
Phenology: Flowering summer-early fall.
Habitat: Wet places, along slow-moving rivers, streams, canals, ditches, often growing into main channels as aquatic weeds.
Elevation: 0–900[–3000] m.
Distribution
Ala., Ark., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Md., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va., South America (Venezuela)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Ludwigia peploides subsp. glabrescens"
spongy +
epigynous +
3(-5)-aperturate +
versatile +
exserted +
oblong +
subequal +
gland-tipped +
attached +
upcurved +
eglandular-mucronate +
broader +
surrounding +
absent +
nutlike +
reduced +
reduced +
deciduous +
conspicuous +
squamate +
deltate +
nutlike +
dehiscent +
upcurved +
vegetative +
emergent +
oily +
straight +
absent +
oily +
straight +
absent +
coherent +
woody +
oily +
straight +
absent +
dithecal +
distinct +
longer +
separating +
absent +
5-merous +
deciduous +
anthesis +
bisexual +
Wet places, along slow-moving rivers, streams, canals, ditches, often growing into main channels as aquatic weeds. +
scattered +
viscid +
long +
caulescent +
perennial +
aquatics +
emergent +
axillary +
simple +
fascicled +
deciduous +
floating +
emergent +
cauline +
many +
raised +
raised +
depressed +
absent +
rooting +
submerged +
inferior +
bitegmic +
clustered +
anatropous +
branched +
submerged +
swollen +
epigynous +
imbricate +
convolute +
yellow +
caducous +
absent +
obpyramidal +
winged +
flattened +
elongated +
inflated +
fleshy +
longitudinal +
basifixed +
singly +
Reinwardtia +
1964 +
leafy +
inconspicuous +
expanded +
equal +
abundant +
papillate +
free +
pendulous +
ovoid +
coherent +
woody +
valvate +
persistent +
? (?) +
post-anthesis +
parenchymatous +
absent +
thin +
longer +
unequal +
2 times as many as sepals +
equal +
longer +
equal +
unarmed +
not clonal +
longitudinal +
leafy +
bright-yellow +
2 times as many as sepals +
floating +
creeping +
emergent +
glabrous +
terete +
distal +
1/2 +
symmetrical +
deciduous +
intrapetiolar +
absent +
ovate-deltate +
small +
succulent +
absent +
conspicuous +
unarmed +
not clonal +
aquatics +
creeping +
glabrous +
shiny +
papillate +
Ludwigia peploides subsp. glabrescens +
Ludwigia peploides +
subspecies +
singly +
3(-5)-aperturate +
longitudinal +
united +
woody +
thick +