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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Proserpinaca pectinata   FAMILY Haloragaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Proserpinaca pectinata   FAMILY Haloragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)

Proserpinaca pectinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Proserpinaca pectinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Proserpinaca pectinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Proserpinaca pectinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 138-01-003:

Proserpinaca pectinata   FAMILY Haloragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Proserpinaca pectinata

 

COMMON NAME:
Feathery Mermaid-weed


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image of Proserpinaca pectinata, Feathery Mermaid-weed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_prpe_001_lvd

        

image of Proserpinaca pectinata, Feathery Mermaid-weed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_prpe_003_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Proserpinaca pectinata   FAMILY Haloragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Proserpinaca pectinata   FAMILY Haloragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Proserpinaca pectinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Proserpinaca pectinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Proserpinaca pectinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Proserpinaca pectinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 138-01-003:
Proserpinaca pectinata   FAMILY Haloragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Proserpinaca pectinata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4870

Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, savannas, ditches, other wet places, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Sepals green to purple
3 sepals
Petals absent
3 exserted stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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