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Perennial to trees, from membranous bulb, fibrous corm, scaly rhizome, or erect caudex
Stem generally underground
Leaves generally basal, often withering early, alternate, generally ± linear
Inflorescence various, generally bracted
Flower generally bisexual, generally radial; perianth often showy, segments generally 6 in two petal-like whorls (outer sometimes sepal-like), free or fused at base; stamens 6 (or 3 + generally 3 ± petal-like staminodes), filaments sometimes attached to perianth or fused into a tube or crown; ovary superior or inferior, chambers 3, placentas generally axile, style generally 1, stigmas generally 3
Fruit: generally capsule, loculicidal or septicidal (berry or nut)
Genera in family: ± 300 genera, 4600 species: especially ± dry temp and subtropical; many cultivated for ornamental or food;some TOXIC . Here includes genera sometimes treated in Agavaceae, Amaryllidaceae, and other families.
Perennial from spheric, tan, fibrous-coated corm; cormlets sessile
Leaves basal, 23, narrowly lanceolate, keeled, glabrous, entire, often withered at flower
Inflorescence umbel-like, open; axis 2100 cm, stiff, erect, cylindric; bracts ± lanceolate, ± scarious; pedicels ± erect, generally > perianth; flowers generally many
Flower: perianth tube generally funnel-shaped, lobes 6 in 2 petal-like whorls, generally ascending to spreading; stamens 6, filaments appendages generally 0, anthers attached at middle, generally angled away from stigma; style 1, stigma weakly 3-lobed
Fruit: capsule, generally stalked, ovoid, loculicidal
Seeds subspheric, black
Species in genus: 14 species: w North America, especially n&c CA
Etymology: (Greek: three complete, because all flower parts in 3's)
Reference: [Hoover 1941 Amer Midl Naturalist 25:73100]
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Leaf 2055 cm, 310 mm wide
Inflorescence 1050 cm, smooth except weakly scabrous near base; pedicels 2090 mm
Flower: perianth lilac, blue-purple, or red-purple, tube 1725 mm, throat translucent and shiny, lobes 1020 mm; stamens attached at 1 level, filaments 34 mm, triangular, anthers 3.54.5 mm, bluish; ovary stalk 34 X ovary
Chromosomes: n=8
Ecology: Forest edges, often on rocks
Elevation: 0100 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, North Coast Ranges, Cascade Range Foothills, n&c Sierra Nevada Foothills
Distribution outside California: s Oregon
Synonyms: Brodiaea b. S. Watson
Horticultural information: DRN: 5, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24.