Plants › meadowfoam family
false mermaid
Floerkea proserpinacoides
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
catchweed bedstrawGalium aparine
garlic mustardAlliaria petiolata
harbinger of springErigenia bulbosa
common chickweedStellaria media
shining bedstrawGalium concinnum
cut-leaved toothwortCardamine concatenata
Japanese stiltgrassMicrostegium vimineum
Stringy StonecropSedum sarmentosum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 6,801 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 1,480 |
| Ontario | 1,298 |
| Ohio | 1,076 |
| Illinois | 1,041 |
| Michigan | 997 |
| Pennsylvania | 810 |
| Indiana | 563 |
| West Virginia | 513 |
| Wisconsin | 326 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Mustards, Capers, and Allies · Brassicales |
| Family | meadowfoam family · Limnanthaceae |
| Genus | false mermaids · Floerkea |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise false mermaid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.