Brodiaea elegans
Brodiaea orcuttii
elegant brodiaea, elegant cluster-lily, harvest brodiaea
Orcutt's brodiaea
10–50 cm, stout.
8–25 cm, slender.
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.
14–20 mm;
perianth violet, tube funnelform, 3–7 mm, transparent, splitting in fruit, lobes widely spreading, 12–19 mm;
filaments 4–6 mm;
anthers linear, 4–6 mm, apex with V-shaped notch;
staminodia absent;
ovary 4–6 mm;
style 7–11 mm;
pedicel 1–5 cm.
= 24.
Brodiaea elegans
Brodiaea orcuttii
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.)
Brodiaea orcutti is rare and endemic to southern California. It was once abundant on Kearney Mesa north of San Diego, but most of that area has been developed for housing, and only those portions on military reservations remain undisturbed. This is the only species in the genus with no staminodia.
(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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