familyLimnanthaceae
genusLimnanthes
sectionLimnanthes sect. Inflexae
speciesLimnanthes alba
subspeciesLimnanthes alba subsp. versicolor
Limnanthes alba subsp. versicolor
Madroño 36: 51. 1989.
Basionym: Floerkea versicolor Greene Erythea 3: 62. 1895
Synonyms: Limnanthes alba var. versicolor (Greene) C. T. Mason
Herbage glabrous. Leaflets: blade narrowly oblong. Flowers: sepals not accrescent, broadly lanceolate, 6–7 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy; petals cream, aging or drying lilac, obcordate, 12–15 mm, 1.2–1.3 times as long as wide (apex recurved), sparsely hairy (hairs long); filaments ca. 4 mm; anthers cream or pinkish, ± 1 mm; style ± 4 mm. Nutlets 3.5 mm, smooth, tuberculate, or ridged.
Phenology: Flowering Apr–May(-Jul).
Habitat: Winter-wet grasslands, woodlands, edges of vernal pools, edges of ephemeral streams
Elevation: 150-2100 m
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hypogynous +
tetrasporangiate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
oblong +
absent +
absent +
Calif. +
absent +
distinct +
glabrous +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
5-merous +
bisexual +
mature +
tuberculate +
ridged +
single +
absent +
glabrous +
axillary +
compound +
pinnate +
alternate +
lobed +
absent +
tuberculate +
ridged +
basal +
5-lobed +
unitegmic +
anatropous +
erect +
absent +
hypogynous +
convolute +
drying +
distinct +
1.2-1.3 +
1.25-2.1 times longer than sepals +
aging +
hairy +
obcordate +
equal +
absent +
2-4-aperturate +
Madroño +
1989 +
not arillate +
persistent +
lanceolate +
not accrescent +
equal +
longitudinal +
Endemic +
unbranched +
erect +
3;5 +
absent +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
Limnanthes alba subsp. versicolor +
Limnanthes alba +
subspecies +
wide +
usually longer +
aging +
annual +