Limnanthes R.Br.

Meadowfoam (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Limnanthaceae

Characteristics

Stems decumbent, erect, or ascending. Leaves usually pinnately lobed or compound; leaflet blade linear, lanceolate, elliptic, ovate, narrowly obovate, or oblong, margins entire or deeply lobed. Pedicels erect. Flowers: sepals (4 or) 5, ovate, obovate, lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, or lanceolate-ovate; petals (4 or) 5, usually longer than sepals; nectary glands at base of antisepalous stamens; stamens 8 or 10; ovary 4 or 5-lobed. Fruits nutlets, obovoid or subglobose, smooth, ridged, or tuberculate. x = 5.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
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Images

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Distribution

Limnanthes world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331720-2
WFO ID wfo-4000021762
COL ID 6396C
BDTFX ID 86706
INPN ID 194138
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Synonyms

Limnanthes

Lower taxons

Limnanthes macounii Limnanthes alba Limnanthes bakeri Limnanthes floccosa Limnanthes montana Limnanthes vinculans Limnanthes douglasii