Description
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: June, July, August. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 6-12" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 6-9" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun to partial shade.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Solananae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Limnanthales
()
- Nakai, 1930
- Family:
Limnanthaceae
()
- R. Brown, 1833, Nom. Cons.
- Genus:
Limnanthes
()
- Specific epithet:
douglasii subsp. nivea
- Cultivar:
Meringue
- Botanical name: - Limnanthes douglasii nivea 'Meringue'
- Cultivar:
Meringue
- Specific epithet:
douglasii subsp. nivea
- Genus:
Limnanthes
(
- Family:
Limnanthaceae
(
- Order:
Limnanthales
(
- Superorder:
Solananae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Limnanthes
There are approximately 50 species in this genus:
L. alba (White Meadow-Foam) · L. alba alba (White Meadowfoam) · L. alba subsp. versicolor (White Meadowfoam) · L. alba var. detonsa (White Meadowfoam) · L. alba versicolor (White Meadowfoam) · L. bakeri (Baker's Meadowfoam) · L. bellingeriana bellingeriana · L. douglasii (Douglas's Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii nivea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii nivea 'Meringue' · L. douglasii nivea var. nivea · L. douglasii rosea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii rosea var. rosea · L. douglasii subsp. nivea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii subsp. rosea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii subsp. sulphurea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii 'Sulphurea' (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii sulphurea var. sulphurea (Poached Egg Plant) · L. douglasii sulpurea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglassi · L. douglassii · L. floccosa (Woolly Meadow-Foam) · L. floccosa bellingerana (Butte County Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa bellingeriana (Bellinger's Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa californica (Butte County 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 Slender Meadowfoam) · L. gracilis subsp. parishii (Parish's Slender Meadowfoam) · L. howelliana douglasii · L. macounii (Macoun's Meadow-Foam) · L. montana (Mountain Meadow-Foam) · L. nymphoides · L. peltata · L. pumila · L. rosea · L. rosea var. candida · L. striata (Foot-Hill Meadow-Foam) · L. stricta · L. sulphurea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. versicolor · L. versicolor parishii · L. vinculans (Sebastopol Meadowfoam)
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Notes
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4230071
