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Limnanthaceae
Floerkea

not marked as a favorite taxon Floerkea proserpinacoides Willdenow. Common name: Floerkea, ‘False-mermaid’. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Moist, rich floodplain forests and adjacent rich lower slopes. Distribution: Nova Scotia and Québec west to British Columbia, south to n. Virginia, n. Kentucky (Shaw 2025), w. Louisiana (historical, NO0077857) and California.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Other Comments: The Flora of North America (FNA) project logo is a flower from this species (Tucker 2010d).

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, FNA7, G, Il, K1, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, S, Tat, Va, WV; = Floerkia proserpinacoides Willdenow — S13. Basionym: Floerkea proserpinacoides Willdenow 1801

Links to other floras: = Floerkea proserpinacoides - FNA7

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 1

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image #1 of Floerkea proserpinacoides© David Smith | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Floerkea proserpinacoides© Shaun Pogacnik, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Shaun Pogacnik source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Floerkea proserpinacoides© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Floerkea proserpinacoides© Arthur Haines
image #5 of Floerkea proserpinacoides© Shaun Pogacnik, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Shaun Pogacnik source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Floerkea proserpinacoides© Erik Danielson source
image #7 of Floerkea proserpinacoides© Shaun Pogacnik, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Shaun Pogacnik source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Floerkea proserpinacoides© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Floerkea proserpinacoides© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Floerkea proserpinacoides© Gary P. Fleming
image #11 of Floerkea proserpinacoides© Arthur Haines
image #12 of Floerkea proserpinacoides© Shaun Pogacnik, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Shaun Pogacnik source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Floerkea proserpinacoides© Erik Danielson source

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Sprawling to sub-erect annual of moist, rich floodplain forests and adjacent lower slopes.

Stems: Stems branched, somewhat succulent, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, pinnately divided into 3-7 linear to elliptic leaflets or segments, which are also sometimes 2- to 3-times divided.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary on long stalks from leaf axils; white; about 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 3 tiny petals, 3 green and lance-oval sepals, 6 stamens (usually) and a single style.

Fruits: Fruit a brown, tiny cluster of 1-3 achenes.

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Height: to 1 ft.

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description: Sprawling to sub-erect annual of moist, rich floodplain forests and adjacent lower slopes.

stems: Stems branched, somewhat succulent, smooth.

leaves: Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, pinnately divided into 3-7 linear to elliptic leaflets or segments, which are also sometimes 2- to 3-times divided.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary on long stalks from leaf axils; white; about 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 3 tiny petals, 3 green and lance-oval sepals, 6 stamens (usually) and a single style.

fruits: Fruit a brown, tiny cluster of 1-3 achenes.

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