Ludwigia peploides subsp. peploides

Family: Onagraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Ludwigia peploides is a naturalized perennial found in coastal and inland regions including northern California Coast, Sierra Nevada foothills, Central Valley, and southern California desert edges in lakeshores, streambanks, and seasonal wetlands at elevations below 900 meters. Flowering from May to October, this plant produces yellow flowers 9 to 13 millimeters long with distinctive five-petaled blooms. Growing with floating or creeping stems 6 to 14 decimeters long, it spreads extensively across wet environments with a smooth, non-sticky surface. Its leaves have smooth edges with petioles 3 to 20 millimeters long and rounded tips that lack sharp points. The cylindrical or five-angled fruits develop on pedicels 5 to 20 millimeters long, measuring 10 to 17 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Lakeshores, streambanks, seasonal wetlands

Bloom period: May-Oct

Elevation: < 900 m

Bioregions: NCo, NCoRO, SNF, GV, CCo, SnFrB, SCo, WTR, sw DMoj

California counties: Orange, Lake, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, Merced, Fresno, Tulare, Santa Barbara, Sutter, Sonoma, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Kern, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Inyo, El Dorado, Monterey, Modoc, Marin, Kings, Butte, Yuba, Glenn, Alameda, Solano, San Francisco, Stanislaus, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Mendocino, Colusa, Yolo

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.