Flora of North America species comparison

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Brodiaea minor

dwarf brodiaea, low brodiaea, Sierra brodiaea, small brodiaea, vernal pool brodiaea
Scape

2–10 cm, slender.
Flowers

14–24 mm;

perianth pale bluish to lilac, rotate, tube urceolate, strongly constricted above ovary, 6–10 mm, tough, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes widely spreading, 11–17 mm, inner 5–7 mm wide;

filaments 0.5–4 mm, base not triangular, with narrow abaxial wings, appendages absent;

anthers linear, 1–5 mm, apex hooked;

staminodia erect, held close to stamens, white, broad, 5–8 mm, margins 1/2 involute at mid-length, apex notched;

ovary 3–4 mm;

style 5–6 mm;

pedicel 1–3 cm.
2n

= 12.

Brodiaea minor
Phenology Flowering spring (Apr–early May).
Habitat Grasslands, gravelly clay soils
Elevation 0–500 m (0–1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Brodiaea minor grows along the low foothills of the Sierra Nevada range. It is very similar to B. purdyi, which may be only a subspecies of it.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 326.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Brodiaea
Sibling taxa
B. appendiculata, B. californica, B. coronaria, B. elegans, B. filifolia, B. insignis, B. jolonensis, B. kinkiensis, B. orcuttii, B. pallida, B. purdyi, B. stellaris, B. terrestris
Synonyms B. grandiflora var. minor, B. minor var. nana, B. nana, Hookera minor
Name authority (Bentham) S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 236. (1879)
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