Proserpinaca palustris Linnaeus. Common name: Common Mermaid-weed. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Wet places, swamp forests. Distribution: Throughout e. North America and south to the Caribbean; Mexico (CHO, VER), Central and South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Various varieties and an additional species have sometimes been recognized in this morphologically variable species (see synonymy).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Bah, Fl2, FNA10, GW2, Meso4.1, Mex, Mi, NE, NY, S13, Va, Crow & Hellquist (2000a); > Proserpinaca ×intermedia Mack. — NE; > Proserpinaca intermedia Mack. — C, Can, F, G, K4, RAB, Tn, Catling (1998); > Proserpinaca palustris L. — Can, K4, RAB, S, Tn; > Proserpinaca palustris L. var. amblyogona Fernald — C, F, G, NcTx, Tx, Catling (1998); > Proserpinaca palustris L. var. crebra Fernald & Griscom — C, F, G, Il, Pa, Tat, WV, Catling (1998); > Proserpinaca palustris L. var. palustris — C, F, G, Il, Pa, Catling (1998); > Proserpinaca platycarpa Small — S; Proserpinaca palustris L. — (basionym)
Links to other floras: = Proserpinaca palustris - FNA10
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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