Ludwigia hyssopifolia, called seedbox and linear leaf water primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ludwigia, native to the New World Tropics and widely introduced to the rest of the world's tropics. A serious weed of rice paddies, a single plant can produce 250,000 seeds.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Seedbox being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Ludwigia
- Species
- Ludwigia hyssopifolia
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