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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

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

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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