Biology:Limnanthes montana

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Limnanthes montana
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Limnanthaceae
Genus: Limnanthes
Section: Limnanthes sect. Inflexae
Species:
L. montana
Binomial name
Limnanthes montana
Jeps.

Limnanthes montana is a species of meadowfoam known by the common name mountain meadowfoam. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada foothills of California , where it grows in wet, grassy habitat such as marshy spring meadows.

Description

This is an annual herb producing a spreading stem up to about 40 centimeters long. The leaves are made up of several linear to oval-shaped lobed or unlobed leaflets. The bell-shaped flower has white petals often veined with purple and tinted yellow at the bases.

The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.[1]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6549729 entry