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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ECOS
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  2. Species Profile for large-flowered woolly Meadowfoam (Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora)

large-flowered woolly Meadowfoam (Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora)

Federal Register | Recovery | Critical Habitat | Conservation Plans | Petitions | Life History

Taxonomy:

View taxonomy in ITIS

Listing Status:   

Where Listed: WHEREVER FOUND

General Information

A delicate annual in the meadowfoam family (Limnanthaceae), large-flowered woolly meadowfoam grows 2 to 6 inches tall; with 2 inches leaves divided into 5 to 9 segments. The stems and leaves are sparsely covered with short, fuzzy hairs. The flowers, and especially the sepals, are densely covered with woolly hairs. Each of the five yellowish to white petals has two rows of hairs near their base. In the Agate Desert, large-flowered woolly meadowfoam flowers in the early spring, from March to mid-April and fruits from mid-May or when the soil becomes dry (USFWS 2012). A genetic study conducted at Oregon State University focused on inbreeding systematics and gene flow within previously named Limnanthes floccosa subspecies (Meyers 2010; Chambers and Meyers 2011). This research used hybridization trials and molecular data to evaluate genetic relationships of the various Limnanthes subspecies in the Rogue Valley. Researchers determined that ssp. grandiflora is reproductively isolated from L. floccosa ssp. floccosa and is more closely aligned with ssp. pumila, and therefore proposed transferring ssp. grandiflora from L. floccosa to L. pumila under the more accurate scientific name Limnanthes pumila ssp. grandiflora (Meyers 2010; Chambers and Meyers 2011).

  • States/US Territories in which the large-flowered woolly Meadowfoam, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur:  Oregon
  • US Counties in which the large-flowered woolly Meadowfoam, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur:  View All
  • Additional species information
 
Current Listing Status Summary
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
2002-11-07 Pacific Region (Region 1) Wherever found

» Federal Register Documents

Federal Register Documents
Date Citation Page Title
2001-10-30 00:00:00.0 66 FR 54808 54832 ETWP; Review of Plant and Animal Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened,Annual Notice of Findings on Recycled Petitions, and Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Proposed Rule
1980-12-15 00:00:00.0 45 FR 82480 82569 Review of Plant Taxa for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species
2010-01-12 00:00:00.0 75 FR 1568 1574 Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora (Large-Flowered Woolly Meadowfoam) and Lomatium cookii (Cook's Lomatium);reopening of comment period, availability of draft economic analysis, amended required determinations, and announcement of public hearing.
2002-06-13 00:00:00.0 67 FR 40657 40679 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Recycled Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
2000-05-15 00:00:00.0 65 FR 30941 30951 Proposed Endangered Status for the Plants Lomatium cookii (Cook's lomatium) and Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora (Large-Flowered Wooly Meadowfoam) in Oregon
2002-01-14 00:00:00.0 67 FR 1712 1713 ETWP; Reopening of Comment Period on the Proposed Endangered Status of Two Plants, Lomatium Cookii (Cook's Lomatium) and Limnanthes Floccosa ssp. Grandiflora (Large-Flowered Wooly Meadowfoam)
1993-09-30 00:00:00.0 58 FR 51144 51190 ETWP; Review of Plant Taxa for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species
1985-09-27 00:00:00.0 50 FR 39526 39584 Review of Plant Taxa for Listing as End. or Thr. Species; Notice of Review; 50 FR 39526-39584
1990-02-21 00:00:00.0 55 FR 6184 6229 ETWP; Review of Plant Taxa for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species; Notice of Review; 55 FR 6184 6229
1997-09-19 00:00:00.0 62 FR 49398 49397 Review of Plant and Animal Taxa
1983-11-28 00:00:00.0 48 FR 53640 53670 Supplement to Review of Plant Taxa for Listing as End. or Thr. Species; 48 FR 53640-53670
2006-09-22 00:00:00.0 71 FR 55508 55509 Draft Recovery Plan for Listed Species of the Rogue Valley Vernal Pool and Illinois Valley Wet Meadow Ecosystems
2009-07-28 00:00:00.0 74 FR 37314 37392 Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora (Large-Flowered Woolly Meadowfoam) and Lomatium cookii (Cook's Lomatium) AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Proposed rule.
2004-05-04 00:00:00.0 69 FR 24876 24904 Review of Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
1975-07-01 00:00:00.0 40 FR 27924 Review of Status of Vascular Plants
1999-10-25 00:00:00.0 64 FR 57535 57547 Review of Plant and Animal Taxa That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Recycled Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
2013-03-22 00:00:00.0 78 FR 17709 Notice of Availability, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems
2002-11-07 00:00:00.0 67 FR 68004 68015 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for Loamatium cookii and Limnanthese floccosa ssp. grandiflora from southern Oregon; Final Rule
2010-09-02 00:00:00.0 75 FR 53978 53979 5-Year Status Reviews for Lomatium cookii (Cook's Lomatium) and Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora (Large-flowered Woolly Meadowfoam)
2010-07-21 00:00:00.0 75 FR 42490 42570 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora (Large-Flowered Woolly Meadowfoam) and Lomatium cookii (Cook's Lomatium); Final Rule

» Recovery

Current Recovery Plan(s)
Date Title Plan Action Status Plan Status
2012-11-06 Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems View Implementation Progress Final
Other Recovery Documents
Date Citation Page Title Document Type
2013-03-22 78 FR 17709 Notice of Availability, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Recovery Plan for Rogue and Illinois Valley Vernal Pool and Wet Meadow Ecosystems
  • Notice Final Recovery Plan Availability
2006-09-22 71 FR 55508 55509 Draft Recovery Plan for Listed Species of the Rogue Valley Vernal Pool and Illinois Valley Wet Meadow Ecosystems
  • Notice Draft Recovery Plan Availability
2010-09-02 75 FR 53978 53979 5-Year Status Reviews for Lomatium cookii (Cook's Lomatium) and Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora (Large-flowered Woolly Meadowfoam)
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
Five Year Review
Date Title
2011-09-27 Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora, 5-Year review

» Critical Habitat

Date Citation Page Title Document Type Status
2010-07-21 75 FR 42490 42570 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora (Large-Flowered Woolly Meadowfoam) and Lomatium cookii (Cook's Lomatium); Final Rule Final Rule Final designated
2009-07-28 74 FR 37314 37392 Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Limnanthes floccosa ssp. grandiflora (Large-Flowered Woolly Meadowfoam) and Lomatium cookii (Cook's Lomatium) AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Proposed rule. Proposed Rule Not Required

To learn more about critical habitat please see http://ecos.fws.gov/crithab

» Conservation Plans

Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP) (learn more)
HCP Plan Summaries
Oregon DOT Statewide Routine Maintenance Activities HCP

» Petitions

» Life History

Habitat Requirements

Plants require shallow Agate-winlo soils. The seeds germinate and grow while inundated beginning with the fall rain events into the spring. As precipitation becomes more sporadic, the vernal pools dry and large flowered woolly meadowfoam flowers.

Reproductive Strategy

Large-flowered woolly meadowfoam is an annual plant, which self- or cross-pollinates. It is not obligate on either breeding system. Plants produce tough seeds which float and are dispersed during heavy precipitation events.

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