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Ludwigia elegans

A South American primrose-willow of marshes, ditches and wet grassland, ranging from Venezuela to the Río de la Plata. It is a sun-loving plant of permanently wet ground, best grown in a bog pot or pond margin with a clear seasonal temperature swing.

Ludwigia elegans
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Wet open places: marsh edges, wet fields, ditches and stream banks, rooted in saturated soil. Details here are generalised from the genus and the record sites, which are mostly lowland.

Recorded from sea level to 2500 m, median 361 m.

BrazilArgentinaBoliviaParaguayUruguayVenezuelaColombiaEcuadorPeruSuriname

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 2.0 licence, unmodified.