Common Muilla (Muilla maritima) Login         


        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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