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| Robert H. Mohlenbrock @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. |
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Summary
Physical Characteristics
Ludwigia palustris is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.5 m (1ft 8in).
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 3. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs).
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers wet soil and can grow in water.
UK Hardiness Map
US Hardiness Map
Synonyms
Plant Habitats
Pond; Bog Garden;
Edible Uses
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Medicinal Uses
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Antiasthmatic Pectoral
Used in the treatment of phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis), asthma and chronic coughs[207].
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Other Uses
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Cultivation details
A plant of shallow water or boggy land, it requires a fertile soil in a warm sunny position[200].
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Plant Propagation
Seed - sow spring in a greenhouse at a temperature between 15 - 20°c. Immerse the pot so that it is 2 - 5cm below water level[200]. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in containers of water in the greenhouse for their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer. Division in spring[200]. Softwood cuttings in a frame in spring[200].
Other Names
If available other names are mentioned here
Native Range
TEMPERATE ASIA: Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Georgia NORTHERN AMERICA: Canada (Québec (southwest), Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Brunswick, British Columbia (south)), United States (Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Illinois, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, California), Mexico (Ciudad de México, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave). SOUTHERN AMERICA: Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, United States (Puerto Rico), Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia EUROPE: United Kingdom, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia), Romania, Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Portugal AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa (Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal)
Weed Potential
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Conservation Status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :
Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.
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Author
(L.)Elliot.
Botanical References
200274
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