Limnanthes sect. Limnanthes

Synonyms: Limnanthes sect. Reflexae C. T. Mason
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 175. Mentioned on page 173.

Herbage glabrous. Flowers usually 5-merous (4 in L. macounii); sepals not accrescent; petals flexed outward (reflexed) as fruits mature, white, bright to pale-yellow, or yellow with white-tips, veins translucent, purplish, pink, rose, white, or cream, sometimes aging or drying lilac, pink, chartreuse, or pale-yellow, longer than sepals, with marginal hairs basally.

Distribution

w North America

Discussion

Species 4 (4 in the flora).

Key

1 Sepals 4; petals 4; stems decumbent (sometimes upcurved apically). Limnanthes macounii
1 Sepals 5; petals 5; stems erect or ascending > 2
2 Leaflet blade margins usually toothed or lobed, sometimes entire; sepals 4-10 mm. Limnanthes douglasii
2 Leaflet blade margins usually entire (rarely 2- or 3-lobed); sepals 5-7 mm > 3
3 Petals 7-9 mm; styles 2-3 mm. Limnanthes bakeri
3 Petals 12-18 mm; styles 4.5-6.5 mm. Limnanthes vinculans
tetrasporangiate +
extrorse +, introrse +  and dehiscing +
Nancy R. Morin +
R. Brown +
ternate +  and bipinnate +
lobed +  and entire +
w North America +
ridged +, subglobose +  and obovoid +
rugulose +, smooth +  and tuberculate +
lobed +  and entire +
syncarpous +  and 2-5-carpellate +
5-lobed +
yellow +, pale-yellow +  and white +
distinct +
usually longer +
colporate +, colpate +  and binucleate +
2-4-aperturate +
London Edinburgh Philos. Mag. & J. Sci. +
kesseli1984a +
not arillate +
persistent +
list +  and count +
lanceolate-ovate;linear-lanceolate;lanceolate-ovate;linear-lanceolate;lanceolate;obovate;ovate +
not accrescent +
10 +  and 8 +
sprawling +  and decumbent +
ascending +, erect +  and decumbent +
Limnanthes sect. Reflexae +
Limnanthes sect. Limnanthes +
Limnanthes +
section +
pale-yellow +, chartreuse +, pink +, lilac +, drying +, cream +, white +, rose +, purplish +  and translucent +
pubescent +  and glabrous +