View source for Floerkea proserpinacoides

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|accepted_name=Floerkea proserpinacoides
|accepted_authority=Willdenow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften
|place=3: 449. 1801
|year=1801
}}
|common_names=False mermaid;floerkée fausse
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cabomba pinnata
|authority=(Pursh) Schultes & Schultes f.
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Nectris pinnata
|authority=Pursh
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Limnanthaceae;Floerkea;Floerkea proserpinacoides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Limnanthaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Floerkea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Floerkea proserpinacoides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 175
|treatment_page=page 173
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>(3–)5–30(–38) cm, herbage glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.5–4 cm; rachis 2.5–5 mm; leaflets 3–7, 7–12 × 1–3.5 mm, apex obtuse or acute. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.5–2 cm (± equal to subtending petiole at anthesis, elongating 1.5 times by fruit maturity). <b>Flowers</b>: 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. <b>Mericarps</b> green to brown, somewhat fleshy, 2–3.5 × 2–3 mm (often only 1 seed maturing per flower). <b>2n</b> = 10.</span><!--

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|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
|distribution=B.C.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;Tenn.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>The stems of <i>Floerkea proserpinacoides</i> have a spicy flavor and are eaten in salads. A flower of <i>F. proserpinacoides</i> is the logo for the Flora of North America project.</p>
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name=Floerkea proserpinacoides
|authority=Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Cabomba pinnata;Nectris pinnata
|basionyms=
|family=Limnanthaceae
|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
|distribution=B.C.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;Tenn.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften
|publication year=1801
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_208.xml
|genus=Floerkea
|species=Floerkea proserpinacoides
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