Scientific Name: Ludwigia octovalvis

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  • Pronunciation:
    lood-VIDGE-ee-ah ok-toe-VAL-vis
  • Common Name:
    Willow Primrose
  • Derivation:
    Ludwigia: Honours Christian Ludwig 1709-1773, professor of Medicine Leipzig and botanical author. Botanised in Nth. Africa 1731-3. octovalis: octo - eight
  • Type:
    Herb
  • Family:
    ONAGRACEAE
  • Flowers:
    yellow petals, red calyx flowers with 4 yellow petals and 8 stamens and an inferior ovary
  • Fruit:
    cylindrical capsule is usually up to 4.5 cm long but length varies between 2 and 5.5 cm long., hairy.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wallum Woodland, freshwater wetlands, Found in moist areas,
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Arthur Harrold NR,Meridan College, BSDoonan, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Cranks Creek, Leslie Drive Roundabout, TAFE, Girraween, Noosa Banks, Heritage Park,
Identification Notes

Fruit ribbed, but ± terete Leaves relatively broad. Stem hairy. An erect often much-branched herb, leaves are alternate, to about 15 cm long