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appendage brodiaea, Hoover's brodiaea

Orcutt's brodiaea

Scape

10–45 cm, stout.

8–25 cm, slender.

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.

14–20 mm;

perianth violet, tube funnelform, 3–7 mm, transparent, splitting in fruit, lobes widely spreading, 12–19 mm;

filaments 4–6 mm;

anthers linear, 4–6 mm, apex with V-shaped notch;

staminodia absent;

ovary 4–6 mm;

style 7–11 mm;

pedicel 1–5 cm.

2n

= 12.

= 24.

Brodiaea appendiculata

Brodiaea orcuttii

Phenology Flowering spring (Apr–May). Flowering spring (May).
Habitat Grasslands, open woodlands, gravelly clay soils Grasslands near streams, vernal pools
Elevation 0–600 m (0–2000 ft) 0–1600 m (0–5200 ft)
Distribution
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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.)

Brodiaea orcutti is rare and endemic to southern California. It was once abundant on Kearney Mesa north of San Diego, but most of that area has been developed for housing, and only those portions on military reservations remain undisturbed. This is the only species in the genus with no staminodia.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 26, p. 322. FNA vol. 26, p. 326.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Brodiaea Liliaceae > Brodiaea
Sibling taxa
B. californica, B. coronaria, B. elegans, B. filifolia, B. insignis, B. jolonensis, B. kinkiensis, B. minor, B. orcuttii, B. pallida, B. purdyi, B. stellaris, B. terrestris
B. appendiculata, B. californica, B. coronaria, B. elegans, B. filifolia, B. insignis, B. jolonensis, B. kinkiensis, B. minor, B. pallida, B. purdyi, B. stellaris, B. terrestris
Synonyms Hookera orcuttii, B. filifolia var. orcuttii, Hookera multipedunculata
Name authority Hoover: Madroño 4: 130, fig. 1. (1937) (Greene) Baker: Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 20: 214. (1896)
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