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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Onagraceae
Ludwigia polycarpa Short & R.Peter
false-loosestrife, top-pod water-primrose
Ludwigia: named for Christian Gottlieb Ludwig (1709-1773), a professor in Leipzig
polycarpa: polys for "many, frequent, much;" carpos for "many fruit"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect to sagging, perennial, 4"-40" tall forb, usually with many upper branches; stems 4 -angled, smooth |
| Flower: | 4-parted, stalkless; petals tiny and green or absent; inflorescence a long, interrupted, leafy spike; blooms July-Sept. |
| Leaf: | alternate, mostly stalkless |
| Habitat: | swamps, marshes, wet prairies, streambanks |
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