Ludwigia linearis

Family:ONAGRACEAE
Species:Ludwigia linearis Walter
Common Name:Narrowleaf Seedbox; Narrowleaf Primrose Willow
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:LULI
Plant Notes:Narrowleaf Seedbox is a native herbaceous perennial in the Evening-Primrose family (Onagraceae). It is native primarily to the southern half of Alabama. Narrowleaf Seedbox occurs on the margin of ponds and lakes, in swamps, in water filled depressions, and in wet roadside ditches. It often grows in shallow standing water. Narrowleaf Seedbox is a perennial from a taproot. The stems are erect, often swollen and spongy near the base, branched above the middle, and glabrous to pubescent. It is often colonial from stolons. Leaves are alternate, sessile or short petiolate, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic or linear in outline, glabrous or pubescent, with entire margins. Flowers are solitary in the axils of the mid and upper leaves. Each flower has 4 green triangular sepals and 4 yellow petals. The fruit is a 4-angled capsule. The capsule is ob-pyramidal in outline with a shallow central groove on each face. The seed are eaten by ducks and other waterfowl.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyONAGRACEAE - Evening-Primrose family
Genus Ludwigia
Species Ludwigia linearis Walter - Narrowleaf Seedbox; Narrowleaf Primrose Willow

Citation

Citation Ludwigia linearis Walter, Fl. Carol. 89. 1788.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Walter 665 (neotype: BM). Neotypified by C. I. Peng, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76: 244. 1989; D. B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 416. 2007.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Isnardia linearis Isnardia linearis (Walter) de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 60. 1828.Ludwigia linearis Walter 1788. 
Ludwigia angustifolia Ludwigia angustifolia Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 88. 1803. SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Aug-Sep, Michaux s.n. (lectotype: P; isolectotypes: MO, P 2 shts). Lectotypified by Peng, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76: 244. 1989.
Ludwigia linearis var. typica Ludwigia linearis Walter, var. typica Munz, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 71: 163. 1944, nom. inadmiss.Ludwigia linearis Walter 1788. 
Ludwigia linearis var. puberula Ludwigia linearis Walter, var. puberula Engelmann & A. Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 217. 1845. TEXAS: Harris Co.: Houston, Jul 1843, Lindheimer 58 (holotype: GH; isotypes: BM, GOET, MO, P, PH, US).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Escambia, Etowah, Geneva, Houston, Jackson, Lee, Lowndes, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Morgan, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1874 - 1994

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UWAL0002878 Covington 10 Oct 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21619
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UWAL0044204 Baldwin 09 Sep 1995 Larsen, Harry S.
141
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walter
JSU136567 Etowah 8 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9285
JSU
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UNA00059910 Geneva 09 Sep 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11606
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UWAL0018975 Geneva 15 Aug 1987 Kral, Robert
74247
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UNA00019522 Covington 26 Aug 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
788
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UWAL0005333 Covington 22 Aug 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20878
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UNA00069250 Marengo 20 Aug 2008 England, J. Kevin
918
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UWAL0014686 Bullock 28 Sep 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1336
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UNA00065011 Conecuh 10 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15722
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
AUA_ACC_41090 Jackson 27 Aug 1970 Kral, Robert
40707
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
UWAL0038484 Mobile 08 Aug 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
8108.3
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walter
AUA_ACC_65343 Conecuh 10 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15722
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
UWAL0034347 Covington 25 Aug 1991 Kral, Robert
79657
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UWAL0031908 Dale 14 Aug 1987 Kral, Robert
74222
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UNA00019519 Mobile 10 Sep 1964 Deramus, Rebecca
D237
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
AUA_ACC_72241 Clarke 24 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6244
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
TROY000007453 Coffee 04 Sep 2000 Martin, Brian H.
913
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
TROY000007455 Conecuh 10 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15722
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
TROY000033613 Barbour 20 Aug 2011 Morrison, Derek
15
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
AUA_ACC_71693 Geneva 26 Sep 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP818
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
UWAL0005332 Conecuh 10 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15722
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UWAL0005335 Marengo 20 Aug 2008 England, J. Kevin
918
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
TROY000007449 Bullock 04 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14124
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
TROY000007454 Coffee 27 Aug 1999 Martin, Brian H.
131
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
AUA_ACC_49561 Coffee 17 Sep 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5535
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
JSU136568 Mobile 29 Aug 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10409
JSU
Ludwigia linearis Walter
TROY000049780 Geneva 25 Aug 2016 Byrd, Cameron
2
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
SAMF0007060 Escambia 01 Sep 2020 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6720
SAMF
Ludwigia linearis Walter
ALNHS00005154 Escambia 26 SEP 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3364
ALNHS
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UWAL0049922 Lowndes 16 Aug 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29418
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UNA00019523 Chilton 24 Aug 1874 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
AUA000031081 Covington 14 Sep 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4881
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt. Var. Linearis
TROY000029597 Baldwin 29 Oct 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
195
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UWAL0019881 Morgan 09 Sep 1989 Kral, Robert
77069
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walt
TROY000030106 Escambia 28 Oct 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3592
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UWAL0005331 Butler 30 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18405
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UNA00019524 Mobile 26 Aug 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D707
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
TROY000021804 Marengo 20 Aug 2008 England, J. Kevin
918
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
AUA_ACC_8565 Lee Jun 1964 Addison, Joseph H.
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
TROY000029218 Covington 22 Aug 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20878
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
TROY000036297 Bullock 28 Sep 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1336
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
AUA_ACC_49004 Butler 28 Aug 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5426
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
TROY000021805 Pike 21 Aug 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17929
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
AUA000030723 Covington 18 Oct 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4947
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt. Var. Linearis
TROY000045845 Clarke 24 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6244
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UWAL0005339 Washington 05 Oct 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4947
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
TROY000007452 Butler 13 Jul 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17773
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UNA00072270 Baldwin 07 Nov 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1599
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt. var. linearis
UWAL0014297 Clarke 24 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6244
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walter
SAMF0002782 Houston 07 Aug 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4476
SAMF
Ludwigia linearis Walter
TROY000033154 Baldwin 09 Sep 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21570
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
TROY000044744 Geneva 27 Aug 2017 Byrd, Cameron
1491
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
AUA_ACC_59449 Crenshaw 25 Oct 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11513
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
ALNHS00001761 Covington 27 Sep 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#837
ALNHS
Ludwigia linearis Walt. var. linearis
UWAL0052985 Escambia 01 Sep 2020 Davenport, L.J.
6720
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walter
AUA000036069 Covington 15 Aug 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5158
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
TROY000050088 Lowndes 16 Aug 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29418
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
AUA_ACC_70210 Escambia 28 Oct 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3592
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
UWAL0030774 Washington 28 Aug 1991 Kral, Robert
79809
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UWAL0031886 Dale 20 Aug 1998 Kral, Robert
87699
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UNA00056057 Houston 14 Jul 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11634
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UWAL0018974 Geneva 14 Oct 1991 Kral, Robert
80075
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
TROY000021803 Geneva 09 Sep 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11606
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UNA00069354 Sumter 11 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1088
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
AUA_ACC_53116 Escambia 23 Sep 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6401
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
UNA00060855 Bullock 04 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14124
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
AUA_ACC_48344 Russell 2 Oct 1980 Bozeman, L.L.
54
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
UWAL0005334 Escambia 28 Oct 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3592
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UWAL0005338 Sumter 11 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1088
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
TROY000043126 Houston 03 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26798A
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
TROY000007451 Butler 30 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18405
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
ALNHS00001760 Baldwin 12 Sep 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#799
ALNHS
Ludwigia linearis Walt. var. puberula Engelmann & A. Gray
SAMF0003129 Clarke 31 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6244
SAMF
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UWAL0043342 Baldwin 16 Sep 2003 Larsen, Harry S.
1295
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UNA00019520 Mobile 16 Sep 1878 Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
JSU136569 Washington 13 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18725
JSU
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UNA00019521 Russell 26 Sep 1976 Haynes, Robert R.
6035
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UWAL0032066 Houston 03 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26798.1
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UNA00046159 Houston 23 Oct 1994 MacDonald, John R.
8114
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
AUA_ACC_40552 Butler 30 Aug 1970 Kral, Robert
40891
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
TROY000029609 Baldwin 29 Oct 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
195
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UWAL0005336 Monroe 18 Sep 2005 Kral, Robert
96859
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
TROY000021628 Monroe 18 Sep 2005 Kral, Robert
96859
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
UWAL0005337 Pike 21 Aug 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17929
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
UNA00019528 Mobile 15 Jul 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D565
UNA
Ludwigia linearis Walt.
ALNHS00000920 Dallas 20 Oct 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-105
ALNHS
Ludwigia linearis Walt. var. linearis
AUA_ACC_63461 Bullock 4 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14124
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
TROY000021909 Sumter 11 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1088
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
ALNHS00000197 Mobile 29 Aug 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10409
ALNHS
Ludwigia linearis Walt. var. puberula Engelmann & Gray
UWAL0012443 Covington 24 Aug 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23245
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walter
TROY000007450 Butler 21 Jun 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17727
TROY
Ludwigia linearis Walter
AUA_ACC_72904 Dallas 20 Oct 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-105
AUA
Ludwigia Linearis Walt.
UWAL0002870 Baldwin 09 Sep 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21570
UWAL
Ludwigia linearis Walter
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