- Legenere limosa
Taxobox
name = "Legenere limosa"
image_width = 220px
image_caption = "Campanula cespitosa"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Asterales
familia =Campanulaceae
familia_authority = Juss.
genus = "Legenere"
species = "L. limosa"
binomial = "Legenere limosa"
binomial_authority =McVaugh Legenere limosa is an annual
wildflower of the bellflower family endemic to limited portions ofNorthern California . Thisspecies is the sole member of itsgenus . The species common name is False Venus' looking glass. Blooming in May and June, it occurs below elevations of 610 meters invernal pool s and certain other moist habitats. Principal colonies are inSolano County ,Sacramento County , Lake County,Napa County ,Sonoma County ,Tehama County andYuba County . [ [http://www.fws.gov/pacific/ecoservices/endangered/recovery/vernal_pool/pdf/Fig%20II-36%20Map%20legenere.pdf County level distribution of "L. limosa"] ] According to the California Native Plant Society "L. limosa" is classified on List 1B: Rare, threatened, or endangered; and 0.1: Seriously endangered. Main threats to the species aregrazing and humanoverpopulation . Stems are reclining and of length ten to thirty centimeters, but the lateral slender branches are rigid. An alternate common name for this organism is Greene's Legenere, after E.L. Greene who first described this plant in 1890; the genus name "Legenere" is derived as ananagram of E.L. Greene. The species name "limosa" derives from the Latin words "limus" (meaning "mud") and "sella" {meaning "seat): the plant that is seated in mud.ee also
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Wetland References
External links
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LEGEN U.S. Department of Agriculture plant profile for "Legenere limosa"]
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