False Mermaid
Scientific Name:Floerkea proserpinacoides


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False Mermaid
Genus species: Floerkea proserpinacoides
Common Name: False Mermaid
Family Name: Limnanthaceae  
Annual herbs; leaves alternate, pinnately divided; flowers bisexual, regular, solitary on long axillary peduncles; fruit separating into 1-3 mericarps.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:White
Identified by:M. Becus
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