Limnanthes floccosa subsp. bellingeriana

Bellinger's meadowfoam, Bellinger's Meadowfoam

Family: Limnanthaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Bellinger's meadowfoam is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native annual found in the Shasta County region of the California Ranges in vernal pool edges at elevations of 300 to 1,100 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces white flowers with urn-shaped corollas and delicate sepals up to 8 millimeters long. Growing with glabrous herbage and slender stems, it forms compact clusters low to the ground. Its leaves are divided into fine, delicate segments that blend seamlessly with the surrounding vernal pool vegetation. The fruit develops as one to two mericarps with distinctive plate-like tubercles that have pointed tips.

Habitat: Vernal pool edges

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: 300-1100 m

Bioregions: CaR (Shasta Co.)

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