Pronunciation: lud-WIJ-ee-a pep-LO-i-dees
Common name: Yellow water-weed
Family: Onagraceae (Evening primrose)
Habitat: Pools and slow streams, ditches, lakeshores,
to 2000'
Blooming period: May to October
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Ludwigia
2) peploides
Two ssps. (montevidensis and peploides) in SoCal