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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Ludwigia hirtella
|accepted_authority=Rafinesque
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Med. Repos., hexade
|place=2, 5: 358. 1808
|year=1808
}}
|common_names=Spindleroot;hairy or Rafinesque’s seedbox
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Isnardia hirsuta var. permollis
|authority=(Barton) de Candolle
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=I. hirtella
|authority=(Rafinesque) Kuntze
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ludwigia permollis
|authority=Barton
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Onagraceae;Onagraceae subfam. Ludwigioideae;Ludwigia;Ludwigia sect. Ludwigia;Ludwigia hirtella
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Onagraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Onagraceae subfam. Ludwigioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ludwigia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Ludwigia sect. Ludwigia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ludwigia hirtella]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 10
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Roots </b>fusiform, somewhat thickened, often fascicled. <b>Stems</b> subterete to angled, with raised lines or narrow wings decurrent from leaf axils, (30–)50–120 cm, well branched in distal 1/2, densely erect-hirsute to sometimes glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules narrowly deltate, 0.05–0.15 × 0.05–0.1 mm; sessile; blade closely appressed to stem, lanceolate to ovate-oblong, 1.4–5.5 × 0.4–1.2 cm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acute to rounded, surfaces glabrous or densely erect-hirsute; bracts usually very reduced, sublinear. <b>Inflorescences</b> leafy racemes, flowers solitary in leaf axils; bracteoles attached in subopposite pairs just proximal to ovary base, lanceolate-linear, 2.5–7 × 0.5–1.5 mm, margins entire, apex acute, surfaces hirtellous. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals narrowly ovate-deltate, (5.4–)6–12 × 2.2–4.5(–5) mm, margins entire, apex acute, surfaces hirtellous or, sometimes, glabrous; petals cordate, 12–14 × 13–14 mm, base attenuate, apex emarginate; filaments opaque white, awl-shaped, 2–5.5 mm, anthers 1.4–2.6 × 0.4–0.8 mm; ovary subcuboid or globose, 3–4 × 3–4 mm; nectary disc elevated, domed, 1–1.4 mm diam., prominently 4-lobed, ringed with stiff, spreading hairs or glabrous; style 1.3–4.5(–5.5) mm, glabrous, stigma capitate to hemispherical, 0.9–1.5 × 0.9–2(–2.5) mm, often shallowly 4-lobed, as long as stamens, sometimes exserted beyond them. <b>Capsules</b> subcuboid to squarish globose, 4–6 × 4–5 mm, 4-angled, often also 4-winged, wings 0.3–1.1 mm wide, pedicel 3–10 mm. <b>Seeds</b> light brown, oblong to reniform, 0.6–0.7 × 0.3–0.4 mm, surface cells elongate transversely to seed length. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–early fall.
|habitat=Boggy depressions, roadside ditches, margins of boggy streams.
|elevation=0–300 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.J.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|discussion=<p>A name often found in synonymy with Ludwigia hirtella is a later homonym: L. hirsuta Pursh 1813, not Desrousseaux 1789.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ludwigia hirtella
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Isnardia hirsuta var. permollis;I. hirtella;Ludwigia permollis
|basionyms=
|family=Onagraceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–early fall.
|habitat=Boggy depressions, roadside ditches, margins of boggy streams.
|elevation=0–300 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.J.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Med. Repos., hexade
|publication year=1808
|special status=
|source xml=https://xjsachs2@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/1f4bf54ae2f7dbd5376c45b4fe1b388e15b53086/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V10/V10_238.xml
|subfamily=Onagraceae subfam. Ludwigioideae
|genus=Ludwigia
|section=Ludwigia sect. Ludwigia
|species=Ludwigia hirtella
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