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Common Muilla (Muilla maritima)
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Flower
White
Other
3 or 6 Petals
Basal
Typical Height
Perennial
Native
Description
Height to 2 ft.
EW Bloom Mar - Apr
Muilla is Allium spelled backward, and this plant has onion-like leaves (though they don't smell like onions).
Stems are topped with a cluster of 6-petaled small white flowers.
Widespread in coastal scrub, grassland, and woodlands.
CA native.
Endemic
to the
California Floristic Province
.
AKA Sea Muilla
Brodiaea Family (Themidaceae)
Long narrow leaves surround a stalk that grows over 1 foot to an
umbel
of 6-petaled white flowers.
Flowers are under 1/2 inch across and have 6 petal-like
tepals
.
Six
stamens
surround a stout
pistil
. Their
anthers
can be green, blue or purple.
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