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Limnanthes macounii
Macoun's meadowfoam is a small winter annual herb native only to south-western British Columbia, Canada, and is endangered in the wild. It is grown mainly for conservation, and it needs seasonally wet ground to thrive.
Limnanthes macounii, or Macoun's meadowfoam, is an endangered meadowfoam. It is a narrow endemic of south-western British Columbia, Canada. It was discovered in 1875 in the vicinity of the city of Victoria. Once thought to be extinct, it was rediscovered in 1957 on Trial Island, BC and is now known from several scattered localities in southern British Columbia. It is a winter annual growing in seasonally wet areas.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Limnanthes macounii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
