Proserpinaca pectinata

ClassificationDicots
FamilyHaloragaceae
Family (Traditional)Haloragaceae
GenusProserpinaca
Species:Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
Common NameCombleaf Mermaidweed
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Aquatic; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Persistance: Evergreen; Leaf Persistance: Tardily Deciduous; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Green; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 3; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 3; Pistil Number: 3; Placentation Type: Apical; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 3
C value 6
StatusNative; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Coffee (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Moore (TN), Putnam (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, MTSU, TENN, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1987 - 2001

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100459161 Coffee Tennessee 17 Jul 2001 Dwayne Estes
2624		 EKY
Proserpinaca pectinata
TENN-V-0158865 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Proserpinaca pectinata
TENN-V-0158864 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Proserpinaca pectinata
TENN-V-0158863 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Proserpinaca pectinata
APSC0114311 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Proserpinaca pectinata
APSC0098753 Moore Tennessee
APSC
Proserpinaca pectinata
APSC0012759 Moore Tennessee
APSC
Proserpinaca pectinata
APSC0012760 White Tennessee
APSC
Proserpinaca pectinata
APSC0084722 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Proserpinaca pectinata
APSC0073910 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Proserpinaca pectinata
APSC0114313 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Proserpinaca pectinata
APSC0113236 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Proserpinaca pectinata
MTSU005557 Franklin Tennessee 01 Jun 2001 Dwayne Estes
 MTSU
Proserpinaca pectinata
UOS03221 Coffee Tennessee 18 Sep 1996 Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.
 UOS
Proserpinaca pectinata
31234100459179 Grundy Tennessee 11 Jul 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5041		 EKY
Proserpinaca pectinata
31234100459187 Grundy Tennessee 07 Aug 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5253		 EKY
Proserpinaca pectinata
31234100459195 Putnam Tennessee 29 Jul 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5115		 EKY
Proserpinaca pectinata
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