- Pronunciation: lood-VIDGE-ee-ah ok-toe-VAL-vis
- Common Name: Willow Primrose
- Derivation: Ludwigia: Honours Christian Ludwig 1709-1773, professor of Medicine Leipzig and botanical author. Botanised in Nth. Africa 1731-3. octovalis: octo - eight
- Type: Herb
- Family: ONAGRACEAE
- Size: it usually grows to about 1 m tall but may be much taller.
- Flowers: yellow Petals, red Calyx flowers with 4 yellow Petals and 8 stamens and an Inferior Ovary
- Fruit: cylindrical Capsule is usually up to 4.5 cm long but length varies between 2 and 5.5 cm long., hairy.
- Vegetation Type: Wallum Woodland, freshwater wetlands, Found in moist areas,
- Species List: Meridan College, BSDoonan, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Cranks Creek, Leslie Drive Roundabout, TAFE, Girraween, Noosa Banks, Heritage Park,
Identification Notes
Fruit ribbed, but ± Terete Leaves relatively broad. Stem hairy. An erect often much-branched Herb, Leaves are Alternate, to about 15 cm long
