Limnanthes floccosa subsp. pumila
Limnanthes sect. Inflexae
dwarf meadowfoam
glabrous.
glabrous or glabrate to densely hairy.
decumbent.
cup-shaped;
sepals not accrescent, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 7.5–8 mm, abaxially and adaxially glabrous;
petals oblong, 7.5–8.5 mm, apex obtuse (not emarginate);
filaments 4.2–4.7 mm;
anthers ± 1 mm, usually dehiscing introrsely;
style 3–3.5 mm.
5-merous;
sepals accrescent or not;
petals flexed inward (curving over fruit) as fruits mature, usually white or greenish white, sometimes yellowish proximally, veins sometimes purplish or dark yellow proximally, aging or drying white, lilac, or pink, usually longer than sepals (shorter to slightly longer in L. floccosa), usually with marginal hairs basally (except L. floccosa subspp.
3–5, tubercles broad-based, platelike cones.
and floccosa).
Limnanthes floccosa subsp. pumila
Limnanthes sect. Inflexae
Of conservation concern.
Subspecies pumila is found only on the summits of Upper Table Rock and Lower Table Rock, in Jackson County.
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Species 3 (3 in the flora).
The species of sect. Inflexae are distributed from southwestern Oregon to southern California (San Diego County). Limnanthes montana occurs in the central Sierra Nevada. Limnanthes floccosa has one widespread subspecies, floccosa, occurring at lower elevations of the northern Sierra Nevada and Klamath Mountains, with some outliers in the Central Valley and Inner Coast Range, and four other subspecies of very limited distribution in northern California and southern Oregon. Limnanthes alba has two widespread subspecies, alba in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and versicolor at higher elevations in the Sierra Nevada and Klamath Mountains, and two localized subspecies, gracilis in southwestern Oregon, and parishii in San Diego County.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Petals 0.5-1.1 times longer than sepals. | L. floccosa |
1. Petals 1.25-2.25 times longer than sepals | → 2 |
2. Petals ca. 2.75 times as long as wide, aging or drying white; anthers 0.5-0.8(-1) mm. | L. montana |
2. Petals 1-1.5 times as long as wide, aging or drying pink or lilac; anthers 1-2 mm. | L. alba |
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