Brodiaea terrestris

Kellogg

Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 6. 1859.

Common names: Dwarf brodiaea
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Hookera terrestris (Kellogg) Britten ex Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 327. Mentioned on page 322, 323.

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.

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Scape 0.5–7 cm; flowers 16–25 mm; pedicel 3–15 cm; leaves lunate in cross section. Brodiaea terrestris subsp. terrestris
1 Scape 2–20 cm; flowers 26–33 mm; pedicel 1–7 cm; leaves not very lunate in cross section. Brodiaea terrestris subsp. kernensis

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

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cordate +  and linear +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
2-notched +
J. Chris Pires +
Kellogg +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
Hookera +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
crescent--shaped +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
tunicate +  and scaly +
Dwarf brodiaea +
fibrous-coated +
Calif. +  and s Oreg. +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
triangular +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
bracteate +, open +  and umbellate +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
persistent +
recurved +  and ascending +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
rose +  and pinkish purple +
alternating +  and opposite +
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. +
cylindrical +
slender +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
rounded +  and flattened +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
adnate +  and free +
epitepalous +
violet +  and whitish +
1 +  and several +
3 +  and 1 +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Hookera terrestris +
Brodiaea terrestris +
Brodiaea +
species +
connate +  and distinct +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
campanulate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
narrower +
3 +  and 2 +
24 +, 20 +, 18 +, 16 +, 12 +, 8 +  and 6 +