Haloragaceae
Marsh mermaidweed
Proserpinaca palustris
- Family
- Haloragaceae
- Genus
- Proserpinaca
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 人鱼藻, 红雨伞
- English
- Marsh mermaidweed
Synonyms
- Proserpinaca amblygona (Fernald) Small
- Proserpinaca heterophyla Raf.
- Proserpinaca palustris var. amblyogona Fernald
- Proserpinaca palustris var. crebra Fernald & Griscom
- Proserpinaca palustris var. palustris
- Proserpinaca platycarpa Small
- Proserpinaca serrata Raf.
- Proserpinaca tuberculata Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.