familyLimnanthaceae
genusLimnanthes
sectionLimnanthes sect. Inflexae
speciesLimnanthes floccosa
subspeciesLimnanthes floccosa subsp. californica
Limnanthes floccosa subsp. californica
Brittonia 25: 187. 1973.
Common names: Shippee meadowfoam
Herbage densely hairy. Stems erect to ascending. Flowers cupshaped; sepals accrescent, obovate, 7.5–10 mm, abaxially and adaxially densely hairy; petals broadly obovate-cuneate, 8–10 mm, apex truncate or slightly emarginate; filaments 3–7 mm; anthers 1–1.5 mm, usually dehiscing extrorsely; style 3.5–4 mm. Nutlets 3–5, tubercles broad-based, platelike cones.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat: Edges of vernal pools
Elevation: 0-100 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Subspecies californica occurs in Butte County on the eastern edge of the Sacramento Valley and on Table Mountain. It is sympatric with Limnanthes alba subsp. alba; it flowers earlier. J. A. Dole and M. Sun (1992) found no evidence of hybridization between them.
Selected References
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Limnanthes floccosa subsp. californica"
hypogynous +
tetrasporangiate +
dehiscing +
absent +
Shippee meadowfoam +
plate-like +
absent +
Calif. +
absent +
distinct +
glabrous +
5-merous +
bisexual +
cup-shaped +
mature +
tuberculate +
ridged +
single +
absent +
hairy +
Present +
axillary +
compound +
pinnate +
alternate +
lobed +
absent +
tuberculate +
basal +
5-lobed +
unitegmic +
anatropous +
erect +
absent +
hypogynous +
convolute +
white +
distinct +
1.6-1.8 +
0.5-1.1 times longer than sepals +
obovate-cuneate +
equal +
absent +
2-4-aperturate +
Brittonia +
1973 +
not arillate +
persistent +
hairy +
obovate +
accrescent +
equal +
longitudinal +
unbranched +
3;5 +
absent +
Limnanthes floccosa subsp. californica +
Limnanthes floccosa +
subspecies +
straw-colored +
broad-based +
usually longer +
aging +
annual +