familyLimnanthaceae
genusLimnanthes
sectionLimnanthes sect. Limnanthes
speciesLimnanthes douglasii
subspeciesLimnanthes douglasii subsp. nivea
Limnanthes douglasii subsp. nivea
Madroño 36: 50. 1989.
Basionym: Limnanthes douglasii var. nivea C. T. Mason Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 25: 477, fig. 7, plates 43, 45c. 1952
Leaflets: blade linear to ovate, margins entire or shallowly to deeply lobed. Flowers cup or bell-shaped; sepals narrowly lanceolate-ovate, 4–7 mm; petals white (sometimes aging or drying pale-yellow basally, veins white or purplish), cuneate, 7–13 mm; filaments 4–6 mm; anthers cream to yellow, oblong-sagittate, 1 mm. Tubercles absent or not (or 1 row of whitish globules on ridges and crests), brown, lamellar, planar, or conical. 2n = 10.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat: Wet meadows, edges of vernal pools, ephemeral streams
Elevation: 0-1000 m
Discussion
Subspecies nivea occurs in the Coast Ranges from San Luis Obispo County to Humboldt County, with disjunct populations in Butte County.
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hypogynous +
tetrasporangiate +
oblong-sagittate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
emarginate +
absent +
absent +
Calif. +
absent +
distinct +
glabrous +
5-merous +
bisexual +
rotate +
bell--shaped +
mature +
tuberculate +
ridged +
single +
absent +
glabrous +
axillary +
compound +
pinnate +
alternate +
lobed +
absent +
tuberculate +
ridged +
basal +
5-lobed +
unitegmic +
anatropous +
erect +
absent +
hypogynous +
convolute +
white +
distinct +
usually longer +
bright +
cuneate +
equal +
absent +
2-4-aperturate +
Madroño +
1989 +
lamellar +
not arillate +
persistent +
lanceolate-ovate +
not accrescent +
equal +
longitudinal +
unbranched +
3;5 +
absent +
Limnanthes douglasii subsp. nivea +
Limnanthes douglasii +
subspecies +
brown +
absent +
longer +
aging +
annual +