Brodiaea elegans |
Brodiaea pallida |
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elegant brodiaea, elegant cluster-lily, harvest brodiaea |
Chinese camp brodiaea |
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Scape | 10–50 cm, stout. |
10–20 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. |
14–24 mm; perianth pale purple or lilac, rotate, tube urceolate, slightly contricted above ovary, 9–11 mm, thin, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes ascending to strongly recurved, 9–11 mm; filaments 4–5 mm, base not triangular, with narrow abaxial wings, appendages absent; anthers ± obcordate, 2–3 mm, apex notched into wide V; staminodia erect, held close to stamens, white, broad, 8–11 mm, margins 1/2 involute at mid length, apex deeply notched; ovary 4–5 mm; style 8–11 mm; pedicel 5–30 cm. |
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2n | = 12. |
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Brodiaea elegans |
Brodiaea pallida |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (late May–early Jun). | |||||
Habitat | Foothill woodlands in open areas along intermittent streambeds, serpentine soils | |||||
Elevation | 300–400 m (1000–1300 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; w Oreg
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CA |
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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.) |
Of conservation concern. Brodiaea pallida is endangered. It forms a single population 10–20 feet wide for approximately one-fourth of a mile along a stream near Chinese Camp, Tuolumne County. It putatively hybridizes with B. elegans and is threatened by cattle-grazing and development. 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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Name authority | Hoover: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 22: 555. (1939) | Hoover: Leafl. W. Bot. 2: 129. (1938) | ||||
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