Douglas' Meadowfoam
Limnanthes douglasii
Douglas' meadowfoam is a low California annual of moist swales that foams with fragrant white-and-yellow flowers in spring, an exceptional bee plant and easy reseeder for sunny, seasonally wet ground.
- Family
- Limnanthaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.3–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.8 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow, white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container, rain garden
- Native states
- CA, OR, WA