Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Proserpinaca palustris
FAMILY
Haloragaceae
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Learn more about Marsh Mermaid-weed from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Proserpinaca intermedia
FAMILY
Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Proserpinaca palustris
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Proserpinaca intermedia
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Proserpinaca palustris
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Proserpinaca intermedia
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Proserpinaca palustris var. amblyogona
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Proserpinaca palustris var. crebra
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Proserpinaca palustris var. palustris
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 138-01-001:
Proserpinaca palustris FAMILY Haloragaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Proserpinaca intermedia
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Proserpinaca palustris
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Proserpinaca platycarpa
COMMON NAME:
Marsh Mermaid-weed, Common Mermaid-weed
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Keith Bradley kab_p_palustris_73037
March Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Leaves lanceolate, ovate, elliptic, or oblanceolate, to 12cm long & 2cm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Keith Bradley kab_p_palustris_73056
March Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Flowers in leaf axils of emersed leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
aquatic plants
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Dan Whitten sdw_mermaidweed
October Transylvania County NC
Lake Jocassee
Bracteal (emersed) leaves serrate; submersed pectinate leaves with 8-14 pairs of divisions, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Proserpinaca palustris
FAMILY
Haloragaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Proserpinaca intermedia
FAMILY
Haloragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Proserpinaca palustris
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Proserpinaca intermedia
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Proserpinaca palustris
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Proserpinaca intermedia
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Proserpinaca palustris var. amblyogona
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Proserpinaca palustris var. crebra
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Proserpinaca palustris var. palustris
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 138-01-001:
Proserpinaca palustris
FAMILY
Haloragaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Proserpinaca intermedia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Proserpinaca palustris
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Proserpinaca platycarpa
4094
Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet places, swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Submerged leaves finely divided, feather-like; emersed leaves simple
Alternate
Petioles absent to 1 cm long
Emersed leaves serrate; submerged leaves pectinate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Sepals green to purple
3 sepals
Petals absent
3 exserted stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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