Creeping Primrose-willow – Native Plant of the Day 11/27/2024
Photo from 6/18/2016. Location: Riverwalk, Amnicola Marsh, Hamilton County, TN.
More photos / info at the Ludwigia peploides detail page.
Creeping Water Primrose – Ludwigia peploides
Wingleaf Primrose-willow – Native Plant of the Day 08/20/2024
Photo from 8/17/2013. Location: Riverwalk, Amnicola Marsh, Hamilton County, TN.
More info / photos at the Ludwigia decurrens detail page.
Wingleaf Primrose-willow – Ludwigia decurrens
Smooth Seedbox – Native Plant of the Day 07/22/2024
Photo from 7/22/2011. Location: Walker County, GA.
More info / photos of the seed box at the Ludwigia alternifolia detail page.
Smooth Seedbox, Rattle-box, Square-pod Water-primrose – Ludwigia alternifolia
Creeping Water Primrose, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/27/2016.) Scientific name is Ludwigia peploides. Photo below was taken in Hamilton County, TN on June 18, 2016. Go to the Creeping Water Primrose detail page for more information.
Creeping Water Primrose – Ludwigia peploides
When I stopped at Amnicola Marsh a few days ago to check on the status of the American Lotus (they were blooming), I noticed a bright yellow blossom on a prostrate red stem in the cracked mud bottom (we are in a drought, and the water level is very low at the Marsh.) Cindy asked what it was, and I told her I thought it was a primrose-willow (Ludwigia species.)
I chose to use the Creeping Water Primrose common name for Ludwigia peploides rather than another one commonly used – Floating Primrose Willow – because the drought we’re in had this plant many yards away from being floating.
Several years ago the Chattanooga Valley Church of the Nazarene generously opened a walking track next to a creek on their property in Flintstone, Georgia and made it available to the public. My wife and I take advantage of that track from time to time, and have been surprised and pleased by how many wildflowers grow in the area. Yesterday was a beautiful day, so we walked the track, and I went back later to photograph the wildflowers. Here are a dozen native species blooming now along the track.
Among the first wildflowers you notice along the creek is Green-headed Coneflower.
Wingleaf Primrose-willow, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (09/16/2013.) Scientific name is Ludwigia decurrens. Photo below was taken at Amnicola Marsh in Hamilton County, TN on Aug 17, 2013. Go to the Wingleaf Primrose-willow detail page for more photos and information.
Wingleaf Primrose-willow – Ludwigia decurrens
Seedbox, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (08/11/2011.) Scientific name is Ludwigia alternifolia. Photo below was taken in Walker County, GA on July 22, 2011. Go to the Seedbox detail page for more photos and information.
Seedbox, Smooth Seedbox, Bushy Seedbox, Rattle-box, Square-pod Water-primrose – Ludwigia alternifolia