Legenere limosa

Legenere, Legenere

Family: Campanulaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1

Legenere is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native annual found in southern North Coast Ranges, southern Sacramento Valley, northern San Joaquin Valley, and San Francisco Bay Area in wet areas, vernal pools, and ponds at elevations below 950 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces white flowers with distinctive two-lipped corollas on zigzag terminal racemes. Growing 10 to 30 centimeters long with reclining stems and erect, slender lateral branches, it has a delicate emergent habit. Its early-deciduous cauline leaves are narrowly triangular and entirely sessile, emerging from the fleshy stems. The fruit is a cylindric capsule 6 to 10 millimeters long with a rounded top, containing shiny chestnut-brown seeds.

Habitat: Wet areas, vernal pools, ponds

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: < 950 m

Bioregions: s NCoR, s ScV, n SnJV, SnFrB (Santa Cruz Mtns, Mount Hamilton Range).

California counties: Tehama, Solano, Sacramento, Lake, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Napa, Monterey, Alameda, Placer, San Joaquin, Yuba

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.