Ludwigia peploides
Floating primrose-willow is a creeping aquatic perennial with glossy leaves and yellow five-petalled flowers, found in shallow fresh water through much of the Americas and eastern Australia. It is a vigorous plant for a sunny pond margin or a high-light open aquarium, but it is a declared invasive weed in Europe and parts of North America, so keep it contained.
Where it grows wild
Shallow still or slow water and wet mud: pond and lake margins, ditches, billabongs and river backwaters, rooting in mud and spreading as floating or creeping stems.
Mostly lowland; records range from sea level to about 2,550 m, with a median of 863 m driven by the Mexican highland records.
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