Ludwigia palustris (L.) Elliott, 1817 29% complete

Hampshire-purslane

Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 211 (1817)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Ludwigia palustris, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced9 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded8 Not on the record11 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Elliott No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 211 (1817) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1817 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Hampshire-purslane No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to Medit. and Iran, Socotra, DR Congo to S. Africa, N. America to Venezuela, Caribbean No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 21 cm
  • 21.25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 92, 164, 174, 178, 299, 500
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color green Sourced
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture fine Sourced
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit shape capsule Sourced
Growth rate empty Not on the record
Maximum height 23 cm
  • 22.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 92, 164, 174, 178, 299, 500
Differs from sources
Phenology
Bloom months feb, jul Sourced
Duration annual, perennial
  • annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 28, 92, 164, 178, 299, 432, 818, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 9 / 12 · amphibious part of the year (seasonal helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light empty Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 13 cm Sourced
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record