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Proserpinaca pectinata
Also called Coastal Plain Mermaid Weed, Comb Leaved Mermaid Weed, Comb Leaved Mermaidweed
Combleaf mermaidweed is a small perennial wetland herb with trailing stems and comb-like, feathery leaves, native to the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains of eastern North America and Cuba. It is grown as a water-garden or bog plant and needs constantly moist to wet, sunny conditions.
Proserpinaca pectinata, commonly known as combleaf mermaidweed, comb-leaved mermaid-weed, or feathery mermaid-weed, is a species of aquatic or semiaquatic flowering plant in the family Haloragaceae. It is native to eastern North America and Cuba.
Proserpinaca pectinata is native to eastern North America, southeastern Mexico, and Cuba. In North America, it is primarily a species of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains, ranging from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia south to Florida and west to eastern Texas. Scattered inland populations occur in habitats similar to coastal-plain pond shores, including pond margins, pools, and ditches.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Proserpinaca pectinata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
