Limnanthes alba subsp. versicolor

(Greene) C. T. Mason

Madroño 36: 51. 1989.

Basionym: Floerkea versicolor Greene Erythea 3: 62. 1895
Synonyms: Limnanthes alba var. versicolor (Greene) C. T. Mason
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 181. Mentioned on page 179, 180.

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

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
tetrasporangiate +
pinkish +  and cream +
extrorse +, introrse +  and dehiscing +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
truncate +  and emarginate +
Nancy R. Morin +
(Greene) C. T. Mason +
Floerkea versicolor +
ternate +  and bipinnate +
lobed +  and entire +
150-2100 m +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
bowl +  and bell-shaped +
ridged +, subglobose +  and obovoid +
rugulose +, smooth +  and tuberculate +
Winter-wet grasslands, woodlands, edges of vernal pools, edges of ephemeral streams +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
shallowly 2-lobed +  and deeply 3-lobed +
dark-brown +  and gray +
tuberculate +
syncarpous +  and 2-5-carpellate +
5-lobed +
lilac +  and cream +
distinct +
1.25-2.1 times longer than sepals +
obcordate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–May(-Jul). +
colporate +, colpate +  and binucleate +
2-4-aperturate +
not arillate +
persistent +
list +  and count +
hairy +  and glabrous +
lanceolate +
not accrescent +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
10 +  and 8 +
sprawling +  and decumbent +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
Limnanthes alba var. versicolor +
Limnanthes alba subsp. versicolor +
Limnanthes alba +
subspecies +
dark-brown +  and gray +
pink +, lilac +, white +, drying +, dark yellow +  and purplish +
usually longer +
pubescent +  and glabrous +