Brodiaea appendiculata |
Brodiaea elegans |
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appendage brodiaea, Hoover's brodiaea |
elegant brodiaea, elegant cluster-lily, harvest brodiaea |
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Scape | 10–45 cm, stout. |
10–50 cm, stout. |
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Flowers | 24–38 mm; perianth violet purple, tube cylindrical, 8–12 mm, translucent, splitting in fruit, lobes ascending, recurved distally, 15–22 mm, usually less than twice length of tube; filaments 4–7 mm, base not triangular, with 2 threadlike, forked appendages; anthers obcordate, 3–6 mm, apex hooked; staminodia erect, usually white, narrowly linear, 8–15 mm, margins 1/2 involute, wavy, apex rounded; ovary 5–6 mm; style 9–12 mm; pedicel 4–10 cm. |
24–38 mm; perianth bluish purple to violet, tube funnelform, 8–19 mm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes ascending, recurved distally, 15–30 mm; filaments 4–6 mm, base not triangular; anthers linear, 4–10 mm, apex rounded; staminodia erect or slightly recurved distally, distant from stamens, white to pale lilac, broad, equaling stamens, 6–9 mm, margins planate or 1/4 involute, apex rounded; ovary 9–15 mm; style 7–15 mm; pedicel 5–10 cm. |
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2n | = 12. |
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Brodiaea appendiculata |
Brodiaea elegans |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Apr–May). | |||||
Habitat | Grasslands, open woodlands, gravelly clay soils | |||||
Elevation | 0–600 m (0–2000 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA
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CA; w Oreg
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Discussion | This uncommon species is found at low altitudes in the Sierra foothills of central and northern California, usually in stony, red clay soils that become baked very hard during the flowering season. It is rare or extirpated from coast-range foothills. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). Documentation is needed to verify that this species ranges as far north as Polk County, Oregon, and as far south as San Diego County, California. Most of the plants included in Brodiaea coronaria by W. L. Jepson (1923–1925) have been moved to B. elegans (R. F. Hoover 1939b; T. F. Niehaus 1980; P. A. Munz 1959). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 322. | FNA vol. 26, p. 324. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Brodiaea | Liliaceae > Brodiaea | ||||
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Name authority | Hoover: Madroño 4: 130, fig. 1. (1937) | Hoover: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 22: 555. (1939) | ||||
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