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Limnanthes alba

Hartw. ex Benth.

White Meadowfoam

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.870811
Element CodePDLIM020B0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderGeraniales
FamilyLimnanthaceae
GenusLimnanthes
Other Common Names
white meadowfoam (EN)
Concept Reference
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2010. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 7. Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxii + 797 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Kartesz (1994) treats Limnanthes alba and L. gracilis as distinct taxa. In addition, Kartesz (1994) recognizes L. gracilis ssp. parishii. FNA vol. 7 (2010) lumps L. alba and L. gracilis, retaining the infraspecific taxon, ssp. parishii, under L. alba.
Conservation Status
Review Date2000-11-15
Change Date1990-01-16
Edition Date2000-11-15
Edition AuthorsRusso, M. (TNC WRO), 1/89; rev. B. MacBryde 11/2000.
Rank Reasons
Limnanthes alba (comprised of four subspecies) is in northern to central California (to 2000 meters) from the Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, and Great Valley to the North Coast Ranges and into Oregon. It occurs in winter or spring wet places in grasslands and woodlands. It can be locally abundant.
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN4
ProvinceRankNative
CaliforniaSNRYes
OregonSNRYes
CanadaNNA
ProvinceRankNative
Nova ScotiaSNANo
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (11)
California (9)
AreaForestAcres
Black ButteMendocino National Forest15,461
IshiLassen National Forest21,805
Middle ForkPlumas National Forest29,278
North MountainStanislaus National Forest7,856
Pilot CreekSix Rivers National Forest9,192
Salt CreekSix Rivers National Forest9,505
Sill HillCleveland National Forest5,294
ThatcherMendocino National Forest16,652
WaterhouseStanislaus National Forest4,394
Oregon (2)
AreaForestAcres
CornpatchWillamette National Forest7,346
South KalmiopsisSiskiyou National Forests104,477
References (5)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2010. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 7. Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxii + 797 pp.
  2. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
  3. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  4. Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
  5. Oswald, V.H., and L. Ahart. 1994. Manual of the vascular plants of Butte County, California. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento. 348 pp.