Biology:Brodiaea stellaris

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Brodiaea stellaris

Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Brodiaea
Species:
B. stellaris
Binomial name
Brodiaea stellaris
S.Wats.

Brodiaea stellaris is a species of flowering plant in the cluster-lily genus known by the common name starflower brodiaea.

The bulb is endemic to northern California , where it grows on the serpentine soils of the North California Coast Ranges. Flowering peaks in May [2]

Description

Brodiaea stellaris is a perennial that produces a short inflorescence only a few centimeters tall which bears flowers on pedicels. Each flower has six blue-purple tepals up to 1.5 centimeters long. At the center of the flower are large white sterile stamens called staminodes which surround the distinctive forked fertile stamens.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4973005 entry