Flora of North America species comparison

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Brodiaea californica

California brodiaea, California cluster-lily
Scape

20–70 cm, stout.
Flowers

24–38 mm;

perianth pale lilac or sometimes white, tube cylindrical, 9–12 mm, translucent, splitting in fruit, lobes ascending, recurved distally, 20–30 × 4–10 mm, usually more than twice length of tube;

filaments 7–10 mm, base not triangular, appendages absent or rudimentary;

anthers linear, 9–12 mm, apex rounded;

staminodia erect, white to pale lilac, narrowly linear, usually flat, 16–27 mm, margins 1/4–1/2 involute, apex rounded;

ovary 5–11 mm;

style 15–23 mm;

pedicel 2–10 cm.

Brodiaea californica
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Perianth lobes 6–10 mm wide; ovary 7–11 mm.
subsp. californica
1. Perianth lobes 4–7 mm wide; ovary 5–7 mm.
subsp. leptandra
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 322.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Brodiaea
Sibling taxa
B. appendiculata, B. coronaria, B. elegans, B. filifolia, B. insignis, B. jolonensis, B. kinkiensis, B. minor, B. orcuttii, B. pallida, B. purdyi, B. stellaris, B. terrestris
Subordinate taxa
B. californica subsp. californica, B. californica subsp. leptandra
Synonyms Hookera californica
Name authority Lindley: J. Hort. Soc. London 4: 84. (1849)
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