Flora of North America species comparison

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Brodiaea terrestris

dwarf brodiaea, dwarf cluster-lily
Scape

0.5–20 cm, slender.
Flowers

16–33 mm;

perianth pinkish purple or rose, tube narrowly campanulate, 6–13 mm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes ascending, recurved distally, 10–20 mm;

filaments 2–3 mm, base dilated to form triangular flap;

anthers linear, 3–6 mm, apex separated;

staminodia leaning inward slightly but held away from stamens, violet to whitish, broad, 4–5 mm, margins 1/4 involute, apex broad, slightly hooded, 2-notched;

ovary 7–9 mm;

style 4–9 mm;

pedicel 1–15 cm.

Brodiaea terrestris
Distribution
from FNA
CA; s Oreg
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Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Scape 0.5–7 cm; flowers 16–25 mm; pedicel 3–15 cm; leaves lunate in cross section.
subsp. terrestris
1. Scape 2–20 cm; flowers 26–33 mm; pedicel 1–7 cm; leaves not very lunate in cross section.
subsp. kernensis
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 327.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Brodiaea
Sibling taxa
B. appendiculata, B. californica, B. coronaria, B. elegans, B. filifolia, B. insignis, B. jolonensis, B. kinkiensis, B. minor, B. orcuttii, B. pallida, B. purdyi, B. stellaris
Subordinate taxa
B. terrestris subsp. kernensis, B. terrestris subsp. terrestris
Synonyms Hookera terrestris
Name authority Kellogg: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 6. (1859)
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