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Poached egg plant

Limnanthes douglasii

Photo by shebebusynow
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Field Notes

Description:

low-growing herbaceous plant with five-petaled flowers of white with yellow center

Habitat:

in grass; on the borders of temperate rain forest and oak savannah

Species ID Suggestions

Poached egg plant

Limnanthes douglasii
Jerzer Rawr
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Comments (5)
Jerzer Rawr
I hope to see this in person. Im not sure if it thrives in tropical places but yeah, this plant is so beautiful.
shebebusynow
Looking on the web now that I know its ID, I find that its been taken to Europe and used as a garden plant. Good idea. It isn't native to very much of Oregon, just the southwest interior, so I hadn't seen it before.
Jerzer Rawr
Hey Shebe. Yeah i knew this since a friend gave me a book last week and i was struck by its common name. No prob :)
shebebusynow
Thanks, Jerzer; looks like you hit the nail on the head! What an apt name for the flower.

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Flowers of North America
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PublishedDecember 30, 2011

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