Proserpinaca palustris L.
Detail
- Family
- Haloragaceae
- Botanical Name
- Proserpinaca palustris L.
- Common Name
- Common Mermaid-weed
- Synonym(s)
- Proserpinaca palustris L. var. crebra Fern. & Grisc.
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Proserpinaca palustris L.
- Comments
- Two varieties, defined by differences in fruit morphology, are attributed to our area and require further study: var. crebra, of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains; and var. palustris, wide-ranging throughout e. North America and southward. See also comments under Proserpinaca pectinata concerning the status of the taxon known as Proserpinaca intermedia.
- Habitat
- Alluvial and tidal swamps, floodplain sloughs and pools, seasonal ponds, ditches, muddy depressions, and other seasonally flooded habitats. Common in the Coastal Plain; infrequent in the Piedmont; rare in the mountains.
- Native Status
- Native
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