False-mermaid, False Mermaid, False Mermaidweed, Floerkea
Floerkea proserpinacoides
Synonym: Floerkea occidentalis
The photo above shows a close-up of the flowers
of false-mermaid. Notice that the petals are about one-half the length of the
sepals. Photographed along the North Loop Road on Steens Mt..........2004.
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Close-ups of the inflorescence of false mermaid as seen along Forest Service Road 3517, Wenatchee National Forest........July 6, 2012.
This species is a small, prostrate annual found
in vernally moist areas, generally east of the Cascade Mts. Note the ternately
to pinnately compound leaves. Photographed along the North Loop Road on the Steens Mt.
The photo above shows a close-up of the upper stem of false-mermaid as seen several miles south of Hat Pt. in Hells Canyon NRA.........June 28, 2007. The flowers, which here have already floweered, arise from the axils of the upper leaves.
The photo above shows a close-up of the leaves of false-mermaid as seen in a riparian area several miles south of Hat Pt. in Hells Canyon NRA........June 28, 2007.
The photo above shows a close-up of the leafy stems of false-mermaid as seen in a riparian area several miles south of Hat Pt. in Hells Canyon NRA........June 28, 2007.
Paul Slichter