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Limnanthes sect. Limnanthes
Synonyms: Limnanthes sect. Reflexae C. T. Mason
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 |
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hypogynous +
tetrasporangiate +
absent +
absent +
w North America +
absent +
distinct +
glabrous +
5-merous +
bisexual +
rotate +
mature +
tuberculate +
ridged +
single +
absent +
glabrous +
axillary +
compound +
pinnate +
alternate +
lobed +
absent +
basal +
5-lobed +
unitegmic +
anatropous +
erect +
absent +
hypogynous +
convolute +
distinct +
usually longer +
bright +
flexed +
equal +
absent +
2-4-aperturate +
London Edinburgh Philos. Mag. & J. Sci. +
1833 +
not arillate +
persistent +
lanceolate-ovate;linear-lanceolate;lanceolate-ovate;linear-lanceolate;lanceolate;obovate;ovate +
not accrescent +
equal +
longitudinal +
unbranched +
3;5 +
absent +
Limnanthes sect. Limnanthes +
Limnanthes +
section +
longer +
aging +
annual +