Family · Rosids

Limnanthaceae

Meadowfoam

Small North American family of low annual herbs of wet places; meadowfoam seed yields a stable specialty oil.

Accepted species: 9accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 2accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈73 MaCretaceous · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Northern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Limnanthes
Floerkea

Genera

Limnanthes8 spp.
Floerkea1 spp.

Where it grows

Northern America9

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Limnanthaceae sits in the order Brassicales.