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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Limnanthaceae
Floerkea proserpinacoides Willd.
false mermaid, false mermaid-weed
Floerkea: for Gustav Heinrich Florke, German botanist
proserpinacoides: like Proserpinaca probably from proserpo for "creeping"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | tangling annual, 1"-6" tall forb; stems weak |
| Flower: | white, 3-parted, 1/8" wide, oblong petals shorter than the sepals; solitary on long stalks from the leaf axils; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | warty, not smooth |
| Leaf: | alternate, stalked, deeply divided into 3-7 narrowly oblong parts |
| Habitat: | moderate moisture; woods, often in spring seeps; in rich soil |
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