[The Meadow-foam Family West of the Cascade Mountains]

Woolly Meadowfoam

Limnanthes floccosa ssp. pumila

Synonym: Limnanthes pumila

Woolly Meadowfoam: Limnanthes floccosa ssp. pumila (Limnanthes pumila)

A close-up view of the inflorescence of woolly meadowfoam as seen in vernally moist prairie near Medford, OR....................April 4, 2009. Note the absence of woolly hairs on athe base of the calyx of this subspecies.

Paul Slichter