Index / Search / Proserpinaca palustris
§1 Plant
Proserpinaca palustris L.
vernacular marsh mermaidweed — species · Haloragaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Haloragaceae R. Br.
- Genus
- Proserpinaca
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 603 counties across 31 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 603 counties across 31 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Berrien 13019
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Burke 13033
- Catoosa 13047
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Effingham 13103
- Grady 13131
- Hancock 13141
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Johnson 13167
- Lanier 13173
- Laurens 13175
- Long 13183
- Madison 13195
- McDuffie 13189
- Screven 13251
- Tift 13277
- Walker 13295
- Wilkinson 13319
- Worth 13321
Illinois view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McHenry 17111
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Saline 17165
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Blackford 18009
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Elkhart 18039
- Howard 18067
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Porter 18127
- Pulaski 18131
- Scott 18143
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Wabash 18169
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Butler 21031
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Henderson 21101
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lincoln 21137
- Logan 21141
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Wayne 21231
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Richland 22083
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Emmet 26047
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 17 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
Ohio view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Henry 39069
- Hocking 39073
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Logan 39091
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Ottawa 39123
- Portage 39133
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Van Wert 39161
- Warren 39165
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 9 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PRPA3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2984291 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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