Harvest Brodiaea (Brodiaea elegans ssp. elegans) Login         


        Description
  • CA Bloom Mar - Aug
  • The flower has 6 purple tepals (3 petals surrounded by 3 matching sepals).
  • A single narrow basal leaf usually withers by flowering time.
  • Found in grassland, open woodland, and chaparral.
  • CA native
  • Brodiaea Family (Themidaceae)



Purple tepals have a darker central vein. Around the central pistil, 3 fertile stamens alternate with 3 infertile stamens that look like small white petals.



Each tubular flower divides into 6 recurved tepals. The strong central veins are apparent from the outside as well.


Flower stalks are longer than the flower is tall.

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