Proserpinaca pectinata

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Species Distribution Map
Family:HALORAGACEAE
Species:Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
Common Name:Comb Leaf Mermaidweed; Feathery Mermaidweed
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:PRPE
Plant Notes:Comb Leaf Mermaidweed is a native herbaceous perennial in the Water-Milfoil family (Haloragaceae). It is native to the southern third of Alabama. Comb Leaf Mermaidweed occurs in gum ponds, in pine flatwoods, in swamps, and in wet roadside ditches. It is a perennial with weakly ascending to erect stems that root at the lower nodes. The stems are glabrous and green in color. Stems are often submersed and emersed, with submersed stems and leaves often with a reddish or orange color. Leaves are alternate, ovate to ovate oblong in outline, glabrous, and pinnately divided into linear segments. Flowers are solitary in the upper leaf axils. Each flower has 3 triangular green calyx segments and no corolla. The fruit is a 3-locular, 3-angled nutlet. Comb Leaf Mermaidweed is similar to the more common and widespread Marsh Mermaidweed (Proserpinaca palustris Linnaeus). That species typically has leaves that are lanceolate and toothed, but both dissected and toothed leaves often occur on the same plant. In contrast all of the leaves of Comb Leaf Mermaidweed are pinnately divided. Comb Leaf Mermaidweed is sometimes grown as an aquarium plant and is available from nurseries who specialize in aquatic plants.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyHALORAGACEAE - Water-Milfoil family
Genus Proserpinaca
Species Proserpinaca pectinata Lam. - Comb Leaf Mermaidweed; Feathery Mermaidweed

Citation

Citation Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. 1: 214–215, pl. 50, f. 1. 1791 [1792].
Basionym: **
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Myriophyllum fulvescens Myriophyllum fulvescens Bertoloni, Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 6: 467. 1855.  
Proserpinaca palustris var. pectinata Proserpinaca palustris Linnaeus, var. pectinata (Lamarck) W. P. C. Barton, Comp. Fl. Philadelph. 1: 76. 1818.Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck 1792. 

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; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Houston, Mobile, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 1987

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00018911 Chilton 28 Jan 1987 Bowers, Frank D.
12287b		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
UWAL0050887 Mobile 13 Apr 1969 Dean, Blanche E.
236		 UWAL
Proserpinaca pectinata
UWAL0014676 Bullock 18 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1032		 UWAL
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
USAM000007238 Mobile 05 Jun 1978 LeLong, Michel G.
10274		 USAM
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
UNA00058214 Baldwin 26 May 2002 Haynes, Robert R.
10263		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
UNA00018908 Washington 01 Jun 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6529		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
JSU125488 Mobile 26 Jul 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10363		 JSU
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
AUA_ACC_37011 Covington 10 Jun 1981 O'Halloran, K.
189		 AUA
Proserpinaca Pectinata Lam.
ALNHS00004970 Baldwin 10 May 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3077		 ALNHS
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
UNA00018896 Mobile 08 Oct 1977 Davenport, Lawrence J.
212		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
UWAL0010270 Washington 30 May 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5415		 UWAL
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
USAM000007234 Baldwin 07 May 1977 LeLong, Michel G.
9734		 USAM
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
UNA00018901 Mobile _ Jul 1878 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
TROY000020221 Butler 20 Jul 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19590		 TROY
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
JSU125489 Mobile 29 Mar 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
1237		 JSU
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
UWAL0012797 Mobile 26 Jul 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10363		 UWAL
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
UWAL0017648 Covington 26 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25570		 UWAL
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
AUA_ACC_5473 Baldwin 27 Jul 1968 Scarsbrook, Ellen
 AUA
Proserpinaca Pectinata Lam.
TROY000042382 Covington 26 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25570		 TROY
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
UNA00018897 Mobile 01 May 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D456		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
UWAL0018584 Elmore 29 Jun 1991 Kral, Robert
79314		 UWAL
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
USAM000007235 Baldwin 14 Aug 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9375		 USAM
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
ALNHS00005616 Mobile 16 Apr 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3735		 ALNHS
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
UNA00018910 Covington 01 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39554		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
TROY000039886 Washington 30 May 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5415		 TROY
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
JSU125486 Houston 22 Jun 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14217		 JSU
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
AUA_ACC_37577 Mobile 14 Sep 1981 Henderson, T.
534B		 AUA
Proserpinaca Pectinata Lam.
UNA00018904 Washington 05 Aug 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
8163		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
UWAL0034508 Covington 08 May 1995 Kral, Robert
84592		 UWAL
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
JSU125487 Mobile 21 Jun 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10323		 JSU
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
UWAL0043542 Baldwin 03 Sep 2002 West, Chan
1126		 UWAL
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
UNA00018906 Baldwin 19 Apr 1970 Kral, Robert
38793		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
TROY000032225 Mobile 30 May 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5397		 TROY
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
USAM000007237 Mobile 23 Apr 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9146		 USAM
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
AUA_ACC_51569 Geneva 27 Jul 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6129		 AUA
Proserpinaca Pectinata Lam.
ALNHS00000156 Mobile 26 Jul 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10363		 ALNHS
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
UNA00018905 Covington 13 Jul 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
584		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
AUA000043102 Baldwin 6 Aug 1925 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Proserpinaca Pectinata Lam.
UWAL0006105 Mobile 30 May 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5397		 UWAL
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
UWAL0002381 Washington 09 Jun 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12942		 UWAL
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
TROY000006206 Geneva 04 May 2002 Kral, Robert
92493		 TROY
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
AUA000037730 Covington 18 May 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4702		 AUA
Proserpinaca Pectinata Lam.
UWFP011155 Escambia 21 May 2005 James R. Burkhalter
20368		 UWFP
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
UNA00018903 Geneva 12 Jul 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6695		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
SAMF0007608 Washington 06 May 2021 Davenport, L.J.
6886		 SAMF
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
UWAL0004989 Covington 20 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22139		 UWAL
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
USAM000007236 Mobile 12 May 1971 LeLong, Michel G.
4512		 USAM
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
UNA00018909 Baldwin 24 May 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
7802		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
UNA00018907 Covington 17 Jul 1970 Kral, Robert
40105		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
TROY000006205 Baldwin 26 Jun 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16572		 TROY
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
TROY000036687 Bullock 18 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1032		 TROY
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
AUA_ACC_50818 Geneva 25 May 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6821		 AUA
Proserpinaca Pectinata Lam.
ALNHS00000157 Mobile 21 Jun 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10323		 ALNHS
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
UNA00018898 Houston 11 Jul 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
538		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
JSU125485 Baldwin 16 Oct 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12872		 JSU
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
AUA_ACC_5475 Baldwin 27 Jul 1968 Grimes, Jr., E.S.
 AUA
Proserpinaca Pectinata Lam.
USAM000007233 Mobile 24 May 1968 Scott, D.L.
222		 USAM
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
TROY000038454 Geneva 25 Aug 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24477		 TROY
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
TROY000020222 Crenshaw 10 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19769		 TROY
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
AUA_ACC_71854 Mobile 11 Jul 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
610		 AUA
Proserpinaca Pectinata Lam.
UNA00018900 Mobile 10 Apr 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D361		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
UNA00018902 Elmore 10 Jul 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
496		 UNA
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam.
JSU125490 Mobile 16 May 1974 Whetstone, R. David
2635		 JSU
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
TROY000034803 Washington 09 Jun 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12942		 TROY
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
TROY000046158 Covington 20 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22139		 TROY
Proserpinaca pectinata Lamarck
AUA_ACC_44883 Conecuh 12 Dec 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2959		 AUA
Proserpinaca Pectinata Lam.
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