Brodiaea purdyi
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 6: 427, plate 58. 1896.
Common names: Purdy’s brodiaea Sierran cluster-lily
Endemic
Synonyms: Hookera purdyi (Eastwood) A. Heller
Scape 10–25 cm, slender. Flowers 14–24 mm; perianth bluish violet, rotate, tube urceolate, strongly constricted above ovary, 6–8 mm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes spreading, 9–19 mm, inner 4–5 mm wide; filaments 1–2 mm, base not triangular, with narrow abaxial wings, appendages absent; anthers linear, 3–4 mm, apex notched into V; staminodia erect, held close to stamens, white, broad, 6–8 mm, margins 3/4 involute, apex notched; ovary 4–5 mm; style 7–9 mm; pedicel 1–3 cm. 2n = 24, 32, 48.
Phenology: Flowering spring (Jun).
Habitat: Open foothill woodlands, often on serpentine
Elevation: 100–600 m
Discussion
Brodiaea purdyi is very similar to B. minor and might be just a subspecies of it.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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