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Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott

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Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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(L.) Elliott
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Elliott
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Ludwigia palustris

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palustris

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Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott

Glabrous herb, sometimes forming dense patches; stems lax, often creeping or floating, sometimes submerged, rooting at nodes, often reddish; pneumatophores 0. Lvs opposite, ± decussate; petiole to 1.5 cm long. Lamina (0.5)-1-4 × (0.2)-0.5-2 cm, lanceolate to ovate or rhombic, often linear when submerged; base attenuate to rounded; apex obtuse or subacute, acute on submerged lvs. Fls solitary, 4-merous, sessile or subsessile. Sepals 1-1.7 mm long, triangular or broad-triangular, accrescent; apex acute. Petals 0. Stamens 4; filaments equal. Style to c. 0.3 mm long, stout; stigma ± subcapitate or obscurely lobed. Capsule 3-4.5 × c. 2.5 mm, obovoid, with green ribs. Seeds 0.5-0.6 mm long, ± oblong, rather rounded on 1 side, shining, free from endocarp, in several rows in each locule.

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Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott

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Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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1 January 2000
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