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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Onagraceae
Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott
marsh purslane, marsh seed-box, water-purslane
Ludwigia: named for Christian Gottlieb Ludwig (1709-1773), a professor in Leipzig
palustris: "of marshes"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | drooping or creeping perennial forb |
| Flower: | greenish, tiny, 4-parted, stalkless, no petals; solitary in the upper leaf axils; blooms July-Sept. |
| Leaf: | lance-like to oval, sharply narrowing to the stalk, opposite |
| Habitat: | wet; mud, shallows |
| (Glossary) |
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