Limnanthes douglasii

LIMNANTHES douglasii
Poached Egg Plant, Meadow Foam

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Type:
Annual

Height: 6" (15cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: Yellow and white, yellow

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Rosidae (Rose Superorder)

Order: Geraniales (Geranium Order)

Family: Limnanthaceae (Poached Egg Plant Family)

Genus: Limnanthes (Poached Egg Plant)

Species: douglasii (Douglas's)

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Limnanthes douglasii is a neat little plant suitable for the front of the border, or in the rockery. It has divided leaves, with scented white flowers with a yellow centre, or yellow flowers with brown lines down the petals, throughout summer.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Seed Pod
There is no seedpod. The seeds sit in the centre of the calyx and fall when they are ripe.

Seed
The seeds are dark brown woody drops. Each flower produces five seeds.

Seedling
The seedleaves are rounded with a long stalk. The first true leaves are finely divided.

Seed sowing and Germination
Spring: Seeds sown outside in spring germinated in 29 days.

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	Seed Pod There is no seedpod. The seeds sit in the centre of the calyx and fall when they are ripe.
	Seed The seeds are dark brown woody drops. Each flower produces five seeds.
	Seedling The seedleaves are rounded with a long stalk. The first true leaves are finely divided.
Seed sowing and Germination Spring: Seeds sown outside in spring germinated in 29 days.