• Family : ONAGRACEAE
• Family (As per The Plant List) : Onagraceae
• Species : Ludwigia adscendens
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ludwigia adscendens (L.) H. Hara
• Common name : Water Primrose
• Collection Nos : KFP 8251, KFP 11132, KFP 12315, CJS 15027
• Key identification features : An aquatic herb with stems rooting at nodes, hollow and floating on water. Leaves are alternate, obovate, rounded at apex, base narrowed into petiole. Flowers are solitary, axillary, up to 2.2 cm across. Fruit is a cylindrical capsule with a persistent calyx.
• Habit : Herb
• Native : North Queensland
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Dakshina Kannada,Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
• Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District

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