Common Name: BRODIAEA FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb from corm, outer coat fibrous [membranous]; daughter corms formed at stem base above corm of previous year, cormlets formed at base of corms or on short stolons. Leaf: basal, 1--10, linear to narrow-lanceolate. Inflorescence: scapose, generally umbel-like; scape erect, generally 1(2), cylindric, generally rigid, occasionally wavy to twining; flower bracts 2--4[10], not enclosing flower buds. Flower: perianth parts 6 in 2 petal-like whorls, free or +- fused below into tube; staminodes 0 or 3; stamens 3 or 6, free or fused to perianth, occasionally appendaged; ovary superior, chambers 3, ovules 2--several per chamber. Fruit: capsule, loculicidal. Genera In Family: 13 genera, 70--80 species: western North America. eFlora Treatment Author: J. Chris Pires & Robert E. Preston, except as noted Scientific Editor: Dale W. McNeal, Thomas J. Rosatti, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Habit: Cormlets often present. Leaf: generally 1--6, linear, generally crescent-shaped in ×-section, glabrous, entire, often withered at flower. Inflorescence: open; scape 2--70 cm, generally slender, generally straight, cylindric; bracts scarious; pedicels generally > flowers, generally < 13 cm. Flower: perianth tube bell- to funnel-shaped, green-white, lobes erect to spreading, violet to lavender, occasionally pink, midribs purple or green; staminodes (0)3, generally +- erect, opposite outer lobes, white to violet or lavender, lateral margins flat, incurved, or inrolled; stamens 3, equal, fused to perianth, opposite inner lobes, filaments occasionally winged or appendaged, free or fused basally to staminodes, generally not forming crown-like tube, anthers attached at base, appressed to style, abaxially papillate; style 1, stigma lobes 3, spreading and recurved. Fruit: sessile, ovoid. Seed: oblong, black, lined, angles ridged. Etymology: (James Brodie, Scottish botanist, 1744--1824) eFlora Treatment Author: J. Chris Pires & Robert E. Preston Reference: Preston 2013 Systematic Botany 38:1012--1028 Unabridged Reference: Chester et al. 2007 Madroño 54:187--198; Preston 2006 Madroño 53:46--54; Preston 2006 Novon 16:254--259
Brodiaea filifolia S. Watson
NATIVE Inflorescence: scape 20--30 cm, slender; pedicels <= 6 cm. Flower: perianth 13--28 mm, tube 4.5--9 mm, narrow-cylindric, transparent, splitting in fruit, lobes 7--20 mm, violet, spreading, outer 3--5 mm wide, inner 5--7 mm wide; staminodes reflexed against perianth, 1--4 mm, awl-like; filaments 0.5--1.5 mm, with narrow wings, base fused with staminodes, anthers 3--6 mm, tip wide-notched; ovary 3--7 mm, style 4.5--9 mm. Chromosomes: n=12. Ecology: Grassland, vernal pools; Elevation: 25--860 m. Bioregional Distribution: SCo (Los Angeles, San Diego cos.), SnBr (San Bernardino Co.), w PR (Orange, Riverside, San Diego cos.). Flowering Time: Mar--Jun Note: Hybridizes with Brodiaea orcuttii. Synonyms: Hookera filifolia (S. Watson) Greene Jepson eFlora Author: J. Chris Pires & Robert E. Preston Reference: Preston 2013 Systematic Botany 38:1012--1028 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Listed on CNPS Rare Plant Inventory Previous taxon: Brodiaea elegans subsp. elegans Next taxon: Brodiaea insignis
Botanical illustration including Brodiaea filifolia
Citation for this treatment: J. Chris Pires & Robert E. Preston 2019, Brodiaea filifolia, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, Revision 7, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=16144, accessed on April 18, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 18, 2024.
Geographic subdivisions for Brodiaea filifolia:
SCo (Los Angeles, San Diego cos.), SnBr (San Bernardino Co.), w PR (Orange, Riverside, San Diego cos.).
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