Meadow-foam - Limnanthes douglasii
Limnanthes douglasii is a spreading bushy plant to 15 cm in height, with finely divided leaves and open bowl-shaped yellow flowers with white-tipped petals.
Usually found as an escape from cultivation, often near to habitation.
Flowers in summer and autumn.
Annual
Occasional casual records from most areas of Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Dylan
Melton Princess Drive
11 May 2024
Dylan
Melton Princess Drive
11 May 2024
Graham Calow
Huncote
03 June 2019
Graham Calow
Huncote
03 June 2019
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Species profile
- Common names
- Meadow-foam
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Brassicales
- Family:
- Limnanthaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 03/06/2019 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 11/05/2024 (Pugh, Dylan)
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