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Pterocaulon
Pterocaulon is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to North and South America and to Australasia. Blackroot is a common name for species native to North America.
5 branches of this group, most-observed first

Wingleaf Primrose-Willow
speciesLudwigia decurrens

yerba de jicotea
speciesLudwigia erecta

Longleaf Primrose-willow
speciesLudwigia longifolia

Ludwigia major
speciesLudwigia major

Ludwigia filiformis
speciesLudwigia filiformis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Pterocaulon in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1647652.