North Carolina Wildflowers

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Onagraceae > Ludwigia (Seedbox, Water-primrose, Water-purslane)
	Hairy Primrose-Willow (Ludwigia pilosa) Craven Co., NC 28 Aug 2005 Common in the coastal plain in wet ditches & pond edges.

	Bushy Seedbox, Rattlebox (Ludwigia alternifolia) Carteret Co., NC 27 Aug 2006 Statewide and common in wet areas like ditches, marsh edges, etc.
	Bushy Seedbox, Rattlebox (Ludwigia alternifolia) Carteret Co., NC 27 Aug 2006
	Bushy Seedbox, Rattlebox (Ludwigia alternifolia) Carteret Co., NC 27 Aug 2006 Common in the coastal plain and piedmont in wet savannas in NC.

	Narrowleaf Seedbox, Narrowleaf Primrose-willow (Ludwigia linearis) Harnett Co., NC 3 Sep 2006
	Narrowleaf Seedbox, Narrowleaf Primrose-willow (Ludwigia linearis) Harnett Co., NC 3 Sep 2006
	Narrowleaf Seedbox, Narrowleaf Primrose-willow (Ludwigia linearis) Harnett Co., NC 3 Sep 2006

	Spindleroot, Rafinesque's Seedbox (Ludwigia hirtella) Harnett Co., NC 3 Sep 2006 Fairly common in savannas in the NC coastal plain (and rare in mountain bogs)
	Spindleroot, Rafinesque's Seedbox (Ludwigia hirtella) Harnett Co., NC 3 Sep 2006
	Spindleroot, Rafinesque's Seedbox (Ludwigia hirtella) Harnett Co., NC 3 Sep 2006
	Spindleroot, Rafinesque's Seedbox (Ludwigia hirtella) Harnett Co., NC 3 Sep 2006

	Anglestem Primrose-Willow Ludwigia leptocarpa Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Common in the NC coastal plain in wet ditches, marsh edges, etc.
	Anglestem Primrose-Willow Ludwigia leptocarpa Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006
	Anglestem Primrose-Willow Ludwigia leptocarpa Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006
	Anglestem Primrose-Willow Ludwigia leptocarpa Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006

	perhaps Large-flower Primrose-willow (Ludwigia grandiflora) Orange Co., NC 30 July 2006

	Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009
	Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009
	Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009
	Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.