Ludwigia senegalensis
A small creeping or ascending water-primrose of seasonal marshes, pond margins and wet ground across the West and southern African savanna belt. It needs hot, very bright conditions with wet roots during growth; in the wild its habitat dries out for several months each year.
Where it grows wild
Grows in seasonally flooded ground, swamp edges, rice fields and stream margins in open savanna, as is typical for African Ludwigia; species-specific habitat notes were not found.
Recorded at 43–1100 m, median 78 m; mostly lowland.
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