About Seedbox
Ludwigia hyssopifolia, called seedbox and linear leaf water primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ludwigia, native to the New World Tropics and widely introduced to the rest of the world's tropics. A serious weed of rice paddies, a single plant can produce 250,000 seeds.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ludwigia hyssopifolia
- Genus
- Ludwigia
- Family
- ONAGRACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Marshy places
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Micronesia, Northern Australia
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Botanical family
Onagraceae
Evening-Primrose Family
Seedbox belongs to the Onagraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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