Brodiaea elegans |
Brodiaea coronaria |
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elegant brodiaea, elegant cluster-lily, harvest brodiaea |
bluedick brodiaea, crown brodiaea, Garland brodiaea, harvest brodiaea, harvest cluster-lily |
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Scape | 10–50 cm, stout. |
4–25 cm, slender. |
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Flowers | 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. |
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. |
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Brodiaea elegans |
Brodiaea coronaria |
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Distribution |
CA; w Oreg
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w North America
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Discussion | 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.) |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 324. | FNA vol. 26, p. 324. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Brodiaea | Liliaceae > Brodiaea | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Hookera coronaria | |||||||||
Name authority | Hoover: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 22: 555. (1939) | (Salisbury) Engler: Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 317. (1899) | ||||||||
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