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Orcutt'S Brodiaea (Brodiaea orcuttii)

Description

Brodiaea orcuttii is a perennial producing an inflorescence up to 25 centimeters tall which bears flowers on pedicels each a few centimeters long. The flower has six purple tepals each between 1 and 2 centimeters long. This is the only brodiaea that lacks staminodes.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Asparagaceae

              • Genus: Brodiaea