mermaid-weed
Proserpinaca palustris
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October 20,
Weymouth Great Pond, Weymouth
Leaf variation on a single plant. Upper leaves are lanceolate, sharply serrate, while lower, recently submersed "amphibian" leaves are pinnatisect, that is, pinnately cleft, but not entirely, with the solid middle part a few millimeters broad.