Brodiaea coronaria |
Brodiaea kinkiensis |
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bluedick brodiaea, crown brodiaea, Garland brodiaea, harvest brodiaea, harvest cluster-lily |
San Clemente Island brodiaea |
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Scape | 4–25 cm, slender. |
2–3 cm, slender. |
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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 purple or violet, tube narrowly campanulate, 9–12 mm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes widely spreading, 12–18 mm, inner round, with widely rounded apex; filaments 1.5–2 mm, base not triangular, with narrow abaxial wings; anthers linear, 4–7 mm, apex widely notched; staminodia erect, held away from stamens, broad, 3–7 mm, margins linear, apex cuspidate; ovary 6–9 mm; style 5–7 mm; pedicel 1–4 cm. |
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2n | = 32. |
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Brodiaea coronaria |
Brodiaea kinkiensis |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (May–Jun). | |||||
Habitat | Grasslands on clay flats | |||||
Elevation | 100–200 m (300–700 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
w North America
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CA |
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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.) |
Of conservation concern. Brodiaea kinkiensis is endemic to the mesa tops of San Clemente Island. It is the only single-leaved Brodiaea. It is in cultivation. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 324. | FNA vol. 26, p. 326. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Brodiaea | Liliaceae > Brodiaea | ||||
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Synonyms | Hookera coronaria | |||||
Name authority | (Salisbury) Engler: Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 317. (1899) | T. F. Niehaus: Madroño 18: 233, fig. 1. (1966) | ||||
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