PLANTS Profile for Proserpinaca palustris (marsh mermaidweed)

Name Search
name search type enter a search name
	State Search
	Advanced Search
	Search Help


	Alternative Crops
	Characteristics
	Classification
	Cover Crops
	Culturally Significant
	Distribution Update
	Documentation
	Fact Sheets & Plant Guides
	Introduced, Invasive, and Noxious Plants
	Links
	Threatened & Endangered
	Wetland Indicator Status



	40,000+ Plant Images
	Submit Your Digital Images



	Complete PLANTS Checklist
	State PLANTS Checklist
	Advanced Search Download
	Symbols for Unknown Plants
	NRCS State GSAT Lists
	NRCS State Plants Lists



	Crop Nutrient Tool
	Ecological Site Information System
	PLANTS Identification Keys
	Plant Materials Web Site
	Plant Materials Publications
	USDA Plant Hardiness Map

Printer-Friendly

PLANTS Profile

Proserpinaca palustris L.
marsh mermaidweed

Symbol:

PRPA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Haloragaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

Click on the image below to enlarge it and download a high-resolution JPEG file.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Images:
Proserpinaca palustris L.

Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Proserpinaca thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery

Distribution:
Proserpinaca palustris L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Proserpinaca palustris L.

View 4 genera in Haloragaceae, 3 species in Proserpinaca or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Proserpinaca palustris L. var. amblyogona Fernald. .

Proserpinaca palustris var. amblyogona
marsh mermaidweed

Distribution of Proserpinaca palustris L. var. crebra Fernald & Grisc.. .

Proserpinaca palustris var. crebra
marsh mermaidweed

Distribution of Proserpinaca palustris L. var. palustris. .

Proserpinaca palustris var. palustris
marsh mermaidweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Proserpinaca palustris L.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Haloragales
Family	Haloragaceae – Water Milfoil family
Genus	Proserpinaca L. – mermaidweed
Species	Proserpinaca palustris L. – marsh mermaidweed

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Proserpinaca palustris L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Proserpinaca palustris L.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27049.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 05:40 AM CDT