Native to 243 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America; introduced into Cabinda, Christmas I., Cook Is., Hawaii, Krym, Line Is., Marquesas, Nauru, Ogasawara-shoto, Samoa, Society Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Wallis-Futuna Is.; extinct in Socotra (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Peru, Madre de Dios, Tambopata (Las Piedras)
-12.483333, -68.813333
Location Remarks
Dist. Las Piedras, Lago Valencia. Bosque Ribereño.
Collectors
Jim Farfán Vargas, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, R. Pinedo
Location
Ecuador, Napo (El Chaco Canton)
-0.096111, -77.816667
Location Remarks
Along road from Baeza to Lago Agrio, 10 km SE of Manuel Galindo.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Herbaceous, 1.3 m tall; flowers yellow; fruits green.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Onagraceae
Genus
Ludwigia
Authorship
L.