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Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Seedbox is a fast, mostly annual primrose-willow of tropical wetlands, native to the American tropics and northern Australia and a common rice-paddy weed elsewhere. It wants full sun, constant warmth and wet soil, and it sets huge amounts of seed.

Ludwigia hyssopifolia
Photo: albert, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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 ground: marshes, ditches, seasonally flooded grassland, pond margins and rice fields, often in standing water during the wet season.

Recorded 0–3500 m but mostly lowland, median 130 m.

MexicoCentral AmericaCaribbeanColombiaVenezuelaGuianasBrazilPeruBoliviaNorthern TerritoryQueensland

🔒 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-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.