Brodiaea elegans
Brodiaea elegans subsp. elegans
elegant brodiaea, elegant cluster-lily, harvest brodiaea
harvest brodiaea
10–50 cm, stout.
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.
perianth tube 8–19 mm, lobes 15–30 mm;
anthers 4–10 mm;
staminodia erect distally, margins planate, straight;
ovary 9–15 mm;
style 7–15 mm.
= 12, 16, 24, 32.
Brodiaea elegans
Brodiaea elegans subsp. elegans
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 elegans, like Brodiaea coronaria subsp. coronaria, is very widespread and grows well in a variety of conditions. It has 2n = 16 in the upper foothills of the Sierra Nevada, but elsewhere 2n = 32 or, in a zone of contact with B. coronaria near Sonora, California, 2n = 12 and 24, apparently resulting from hybridization. This subspecies is in cultivation.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Staminodia erect distally, margins planate and straight; California and sw Oregon. | subsp. elegans |
1. Staminodia recurved distally, margins 1/4 involute; Oregon. | subsp. hooveri |
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