Limnanthes douglasii R. Br. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Limnanthes douglasii R. Br.

Summary

Genus:

Limnanthes

Family:

Limnanthaceae

Nomen number:

22243

Place of publication:

London Edinburgh Philos. Mag. & J. Sci. 3:71. 1833 "douglassii"

Verified:

01/04/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

4 (4 active, 1 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Limnanthes douglasii R. Br. subsp. douglasii (0 active accession[s])
Limnanthes douglasii R. Br. subsp. nivea (C. T. Mason) C. T. Mason (0 active accession[s])
Limnanthes douglasii R. Br. subsp. rosea (Hartw. ex Benth.) C. T. Mason (0 active accession[s])
Limnanthes douglasii R. Br. subsp. sulphurea (C. T. Mason) C. T. Mason (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. A California flora. 1959
Parker, W. & Bohm. 1979. Flavonoids and taxonomy of the Limnanthaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 66:192.
Terrell, E. E. et al. Agric. Handb. no. 505. 1986

Common names

English
meadowfoam –
Swedish
sumpört –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California
2	Cultivated

Native
Northern America

NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Oregon]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=22243. Accessed 19 December 2025.