familyLimnanthaceae
genusLimnanthes
sectionLimnanthes sect. Inflexae
speciesLimnanthes alba
subspeciesLimnanthes alba subsp. gracilis
Limnanthes alba subsp. gracilis
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1017. 2007.
Basionym: Limnanthes gracilis Howell Fl. N.W. Amer., 108. 1897
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Herbage glabrous. Leaflets: blade ovate to linear-lanceolate. Flowers: sepals accrescent, lanceolate-ovate, 4–8 mm, glabrous; petals usually white, sometimes cream basally, aging or drying pink, obovate, 8–10 mm, as long as wide, glabrous; filaments 3–4 mm; anthers cream, 1 mm; style 3–4 mm. Nutlets ca. 3 mm, tuberculate (tubercles relatively low and wide).
Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Seasonally wet meadows, rocky slopes and basins, often on serpentine soils
Elevation: 150-1700 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Subspecies gracilis occurs in the Rogue River Valley in Josephine and Jackson counties and in Douglas County.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Limnanthes alba subsp. gracilis"
hypogynous +
tetrasporangiate +
cream +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
absent +
absent +
Oreg. +
absent +
distinct +
glabrous +
5-merous +
bisexual +
mature +
tuberculate +
ridged +
single +
absent +
glabrous +
axillary +
compound +
pinnate +
alternate +
lobed +
absent +
tuberculate +
ridged +
basal +
5-lobed +
unitegmic +
anatropous +
erect +
absent +
hypogynous +
convolute +
drying +
distinct +
1-1.5 +
1.25-2.1 times longer than sepals +
aging +
glabrous +
obovate +
equal +
absent +
2-4-aperturate +
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas +
2007 +
not arillate +
persistent +
glabrous +
lanceolate-ovate +
accrescent +
equal +
longitudinal +
Endemic +
unbranched +
erect +
3;5 +
absent +
Limnanthes alba subsp. gracilis +
Limnanthes alba +
subspecies +
wide +
usually longer +
aging +
annual +