Original identification: Ludwigia palustris
Current identification: Lythrum portula
Photographer: Robert L. Carr
Date Photographed: August 17, 2014
Location: U.S.A., Oregon, Benton County: William L. Finley Wildlife Refuge, ditch near small pond off Finley Refuge Rd., S of Corvallis
Elevation: [not provided]
Coordinates: 44.42167° N, 123.31408° W
Phenology: Fruits
Annotation History:
Lythrum portula
Sean Patrick, August 1st, 2022
Several of the photos listed under Ludwigia palustris are misidentified and appear to be photos of Lythrum portula. Note the rounded leaf tips and the linear appendages between the calyx/hypanthium lobes, as opposed to the pointed leaf tips and simple sepals of Ludwigia palustris.