Limnanthes douglasii subsp. sulphurea

(C. T. Mason) C. T. Mason

Madroño 36: 50. 1989.

Common names: Point Reyes meadowfoam
Basionym: Limnanthes douglasii var. sulphurea C. T. Mason Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 25: 477, fig. 7, plates 43, 44, 45b. 1952
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 178. Mentioned on page 175, 176, 177.

Leaflets: blade ovate, margins irregularly toothed or lobed. Flowers cup or bell-shaped; sepals lanceolate-ovate, 8–10 mm; petals yellow (veins yellow), obovate-cuneate, 12–18 mm (apex deeply emarginate); filaments 4 mm; anthers yellow, oval, 1.5 mm. Tubercles absent or not (without surface globules, appearing slick), brown, lamellar, planar, or conical. 2n = 10.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Wet meadows of coastal prairies
Elevation: 0-100 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Subspecies sulphurea is easily recognized by its entirely yellow petals. It is known only from Point Reyes, Marin County, and the Butano Creek area, San Mateo County (R. Ornduff 1971).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
tetrasporangiate +
extrorse +, introrse +  and dehiscing +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
obcordate +  and truncate +
Nancy R. Morin +
(C. T. Mason) C. T. Mason +
Limnanthes douglasii var. sulphurea +
ternate +  and bipinnate +
lobed +  and entire +
Point Reyes meadowfoam +
0-100 m +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
bell--shaped +
ridged +, subglobose +  and obovoid +
rugulose +, smooth +  and tuberculate +
Wet meadows of coastal prairies +
lobed +  and toothed +
gray +, black +  and dark-brown +
tuberculate +
syncarpous +  and 2-5-carpellate +
5-lobed +
distinct +
usually longer +
obovate-cuneate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–Jun. +
colporate +, colpate +  and binucleate +
2-4-aperturate +
whitish +, gray +, pinkish +  and brown +
blunt +, rounded +, conical +  and planar +
not arillate +
persistent +
list +  and count +
lanceolate-ovate +
not accrescent +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
10 +  and 8 +
sprawling +  and decumbent +
ascending +  and erect +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +
Limnanthes sect. Reflexae +
Limnanthes douglasii subsp. sulphurea +
Limnanthes douglasii +
subspecies +
conical +  and planar +
pale-yellow +, chartreuse +, pink +, lilac +, drying +, cream +, white +, rose +, purplish +  and translucent +
35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
pubescent +  and glabrous +