Ludwigia microcarpa Michx.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Onagraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Perennial; glabrous; stems erect or diffuse; simple or branched, 1-4 dm. long. Leaves obovate or spatulate, entire, pinnately few-veined, 0.5-3 cm. long, obtuse or apiculate at the apex, narrowed into short petioles; flowers solitary and sessile in the axils; calyx-lobes triangular-ovate, about 1 mm. long; petals none; capsule obpyramidal, about 2 mm. long.
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Distribution
Fresh-water marshes, Great Bahama : North Carolina to Florida and Mississippi ; Cuba ; Jamaica. Small-fruited Ludwigia.
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