Flora of North America species comparison

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Floerkea proserpinacoides

false mermaidweed, false-mermaid, floerkée fausse
Habit Plants (3–)5–30(–38) cm, herbage glabrous.
Leaves

petiole 0.5–4 cm;

rachis 2.5–5 mm;

leaflets 3–7, 7–12 × 1–3.5 mm, apex obtuse or acute.
Pedicels

0.5–2 cm (± equal to subtending petiole at anthesis, elongating 1.5 times by fruit maturity).
Flowers

sepals green, 5-nerved, 2–6 mm;

petals white, greenish white, or pale pink, oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 1.4–2 mm;

filaments filiform, 1–1.5 mm;

anthers yellowish, broadly ellipsoid, 0.2–0.3 mm.
Mericarps

green to brown, somewhat fleshy, 2–3.5 × 2–3 mm (often only 1 seed maturing per flower).
2n

= 10.

Floerkea proserpinacoides
Phenology Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat Floodplain forests, swamps, wet-mesic coniferous or broadleaf woods, alpine meadows, pastures, moist areas in sagebrush or desert washes
Elevation 50-2600(-3200) m (200-8500(-10500) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; IA; ID; IL; IN; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI; MN; MO; MT; ND; NJ; NV; NY; OH; OR; PA; TN; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; BC; NS; ON; QC
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Discussion

The stems of Floerkea proserpinacoides have a spicy flavor and are eaten in salads. A flower of F. proserpinacoides is the logo for the Flora of North America project.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 173.
Parent taxa Limnanthaceae > Floerkea
Synonyms Cabomba pinnata, Nectris pinnata
Name authority Willdenow: Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 3: 449. (1801)
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