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Ludwigia perennis

Despite the name, usually a short-lived annual or weakly perennial herb of seasonally wet ground across the Old World tropics, from West Africa to northern Australia. It grows fast in the wet season, sets seed, and survives the dry season as seed. In cultivation it is a bog or pond-margin plant.

Ludwigia perennis
Photo: J.M.Garg., CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
Expects a seasonal restAquatic

Where it grows wild

Seasonally flooded ground: swamp and lagoon margins, wet grassland, rice fields, ditches and the edges of pools.

Mostly lowland; records run from 2 to about 1,230 m, median 134 m.

Northern TerritoryWestern AustraliaQueenslandIndiaSri LankaThailandMadagascarBeninKenyaZambia

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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 4.0 licence, unmodified.