Brodiaea kinkiensis

T. F. Niehaus

Madroño 18: 233, fig. 1. 1966.

Common names: San Clemente Island brodiaea
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 326. Mentioned on page 322.

Scape 2–3 cm, slender. Flowers 14–24 mm; perianth purple or violet, tube narrowly campanulate, 9–12 mm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes widely spreading, 12–18 mm, inner round, with widely rounded apex; filaments 1.5–2 mm, base not triangular, with narrow abaxial wings; anthers linear, 4–7 mm, apex widely notched; staminodia erect, held away from stamens, broad, 3–7 mm, margins linear, apex cuspidate; ovary 6–9 mm; style 5–7 mm; pedicel 1–4 cm. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering spring (May–Jun).
Habitat: Grasslands on clay flats
Elevation: 100–200 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Brodiaea kinkiensis is endemic to the mesa tops of San Clemente Island. It is the only single-leaved Brodiaea. It is in cultivation.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broad" is not a number."narrower" is not a number."thicker" is not a number.

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cordate +  and linear +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
notched +  and rounded +
J. Chris Pires +
T. F. Niehaus +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
not triangular +
Hookera +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
crescent--shaped +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
tunicate +  and scaly +
San Clemente Island brodiaea +
fibrous-coated +
100–200 m +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
triangular +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Grasslands on clay flats +
bracteate +, open +  and umbellate +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
persistent +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
violet +  and purple +
alternating +  and opposite +
Flowering spring (May–Jun). +
cylindrical +
slender +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
rounded +  and flattened +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
adnate +  and free +
epitepalous +
1 +  and several +
3 +  and 1 +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Brodiaea kinkiensis +
Brodiaea +
species +
connate +  and distinct +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
campanulate +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
narrower +
3 +  and 2 +
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