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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Wingleaf Primrose-willow

Ludwigia decurrens
native · Central Texas

Wingleaf Primrose-willow is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 4.5 ft tall. Blooms white in mid summer.

Wet ground only. A wetland plant: it needs standing water or saturated soil — a pond edge, creek bank or rain garden, not a dry upland bed.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Wildflower
Height
About 4.5 ft
Bloom
Mid Summer · white
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter

Where it grows

47 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.