Floerkea proserpinacoides Willdenow. Common name: Floerkea, ‘False-mermaid’. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Moist, rich floodplain forests and adjacent rich lower slopes. Distribution: NS and QC west to BC, south to n. VA, TN, and CA.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA7, G, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, Pa, S, Tat, Va, W, WV; = Floerkia proserpinacoides Willd. — S13. Basionym: Floerkea proserpinacoides Willd. 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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Horticultural Information
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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