Limnanthes alba

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : Hartw. ex Benth. Publication : Pl. Hartw. 301.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Limnanthes

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 35 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

L. alba (White Meadow-Foam) · L. alba alba (White Meadowfoam) · L. alba var. detonsa (White Meadowfoam) · L. alba versicolor (White Meadowfoam) · L. alba subsp. versicolor (White Meadowfoam) · L. bakeri (Baker's Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii (Douglas Meadow-Foam) · L. douglasii nivea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii rosea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii sulphurea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii sulphurea var. sulphurea (Fried Eggs) · L. douglasii sulpurea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii subsp. nivea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii subsp. rosea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii subsp. sulphurea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa (Woolly Meadow-Foam) · L. floccosa bellingerana (Butte County Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa bellingeriana (Bellinger's Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa californica (Shippee Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa floccosa (Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa grandiflora (Large-Flowered Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa pumila (Dwarf Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa subsp. bellingeriana (Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa subsp. californica (Butte County Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa subsp. grandiflora (Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa subsp. pumila (Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. gracilis (Slender Meadow-Foam) · L. gracilis gracilis (Slender Meadowfoam) · L. gracilis parishii (Parish's Meadowfoam) · L. gracilis subsp. parishii (Parish's Slender Meadowfoam) · L. macounii (Macoun's Meadow-Foam) · L. montana (Mountain Meadow-Foam) · L. striata (Foot-Hill Meadow-Foam) · L. sulphurea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. vinculans (Sebastopol Meadowfoam)

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Further Reading

• A flora of California, by Willis Linn Jepson. San Francisco, Calif., Cunningham, Curtis & Welch, 1909- url p. 409.
• An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] url p. 46, p. 48, p. 49.
• Beeton's Dictionary of everyday gardening. .. to which is added a monthly calendar of garden work throughout the year. London, Ward, Lock, 1909. url p. 15.
• Botany Cambridge, Mass., John Wilson and Son, 1880 url p. 438, p. 95.
• Botany. By W. H. Brewer, Sereno Watson, and Asa Gray. Boston, Little, Brown, 1880. url p. 438, p. 95.
• Botany. Cambridge, Mass.Welch, Bigelow, University Press, 1876-80. url p. 438, p. 95.
• Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 97.
• Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1921 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 10, p. 10, p. 10, p. 10, p. 10, p. 11, p. 11, p. 12, p. 12, p. 16, p. 18, p. 8, p. 8, p. 8, p. 8, p. 9, p. 9, p. 9, p. 9, p. 9.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 172.
• Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1892-1932. url p. 403, p. 413, p. 414.
• Erythea. a journal of botany, West American and general. Berkeley, Calif., University of California, 1893-1922. url p. 54.
• Garden flowers: how to cultivate them. A treatise on the culture of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, annuals, herbaceous and bedding plants. By Edward Sprague Rand, jr. Boston: J. E. Tilton and Company, 1866. url p. 229.
• Hand-list of herbaceous plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens. London, Printed for H. M. Stationery Off. by Darling, 1902. url p. 475, p. 683.
• Memoirs read before the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston, [Boston Society of Natural History]1862-1946. url p. 104.
• Muhlenbergia. Chico, Calif. [etc] url p. 144, p. 156, p. 30.
• Pollen / by M. Pakenham Edgeworth. London: Hardwicke & Bogue, 1877. url p. 59, p. 59, p. 87, p. 87.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 1015.
• Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the secretary of war, in 1853-[6]. .. 4 1856 Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer [etc.]1855-60. url p. 176.
• Synoptical flora of North America. New York, American Book Company, 1878-1895/97 [v.2, pt. 1, 1878] url p. 364, p. 364.
• The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. Albany, N.Y.: Luther Tucker, 1846-1875. url p. 362.
• The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists / by Geo. Nicholson. .. [et al.]. Hyde Park, Mass.: Geo. T. King; 1901. url p. 493.
• The encyclopedia of gardening. A dictionary of cultivated plants, etc., giving in alphabetical sequence the culture and propagation of hardy and half-hardy plants, trees and shrubs, orchids, ferns, fruit, vegetables, hothouse and g London, W. H. & L. Collingridge[1908] url .
• The journal of the Horticultural Society of London. London, [England]: Published for the Society, by Longman and Co., 1846-1855. url , p. 185, p. 220, p. 310.
• Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 21 1985 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 68.
• Zoe:a biological journal. 3 1892 San Diego, Calif. [etc.]Zoe Publishing Co. url p. 27, p. 27.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 02, 2008:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2652517
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-29169
• GRIN Nomen Number: 22242
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 29169
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 374472-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDLIM02010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LIVE8 LIAL
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 47273

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