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bluedick brodiaea, crown brodiaea, Garland brodiaea, harvest brodiaea, harvest cluster-lily

chaparral brodiaea, chaparral cluster-lily, Jolon brodiaea, mesa brodiaea

Scape

4–25 cm, slender.

5–15 cm, slender.

Flowers

24–38 mm;

perianth bluish violet, bluish purple, rosy purple, or rose, tube ovoid to campanulate, 6–13 cm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes ascending, recurved distally, 12–25 mm;

filaments 3–4 mm, base dilated to form triangular flap;

anthers linear, 5–7 mm, apex hooked or rounded;

staminodia curving inward toward stamens overall but curving outward at apex, white or pink, broad, 10–11 mm, margins 3/4 involute, apex rounded;

ovary 6–9 mm;

style 6–11 mm;

pedicel 1–5 cm.

14–24 mm;

perianth bluish violet, tube cylindrical or narrowly campanulate, 7–9 mm, thick, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes ascending, recurved distally, 11–18 mm;

filaments 1–2 mm, base dilated to form narrow 2-lobed triangular wing;

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

staminodia leaning inward toward stamens, violet, broad, 5–6 mm, margins 1/4 involute, apex broad, hooded, slightly notched;

ovary light purple, 5–6 mm;

style 5–7 mm;

pedicel 1–4 cm.

2n

= 12, 36.

Brodiaea coronaria

Brodiaea jolonensis

Phenology Flowering spring (Apr–May).
Habitat Grasslands, foothill woodlands, coastal prairies, on clay flats
Elevation 0–300 m (0–1000 ft)
Distribution
from USDA
w North America
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

Most of the plants that W. L. Jepson (1923–1925) placed under this name have been transferred to Brodiaea elegans (T. F. Niehaus 1971, 1980).

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

Brodiaea jolonensis grows along the southern coast of California as well as on Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and Santa Catalina islands. T. F. Niehaus (1971) was impressed by the distinctive flavonoid chemistry of this plant compared to that of other members of the genus.

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

Key
1. Perianth bluish violet or bluish purple; corm coat heavily fibrous; nw United States, British Columbia.
subsp. coronaria
1. Perianth rosy purple or rose; corm coat thin; only in California Coast Ranges.
subsp. rosea
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 324. FNA vol. 26, p. 325.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Brodiaea Liliaceae > Brodiaea
Sibling taxa
B. appendiculata, B. californica, 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. kinkiensis, B. minor, B. orcuttii, B. pallida, B. purdyi, B. stellaris, B. terrestris
Subordinate taxa
B. coronaria subsp. coronaria, B. coronaria subsp. rosea
Synonyms Hookera coronaria
Name authority (Salisbury) Engler: Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 317. (1899) Eastwood: Leafl. W. Bot. 2: 111. (1938)
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