Mosaic flower, False loosestrife
Ludwigia sedoides is truly one-of-a-kind. The mosaic plant is a floating leaf marginal aquatic perennial found in standing pools of water with leaves floating on surface, or growing in very swampy wet soils. It has showy floating diamond leaves that form an intricate rose pattern and cup-shaped yellow flowers.
Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Venezuela
- GPS
- -15.3842754, -60.1234016
- Geographical region
- South America
- Drainage Basin
- Paraná
- River catchment
- Water body type
- Lagoon
- Water body name
- Baia Grande near Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade
- Water body part
- Marsh land
- Water body course
- Water body: tributary of
- Wetland
- Tributary name
- Pantanal
- Type locality
- Brazil, Pará, near Santarém.
- Conservation status/IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated (NE)
- Listed in CITES
- No
