Brodiaea minor is a small perennial producing an erect inflorescence up to 10 centimeters tall which bears light purple flowers on short pedicels. Each flower is urn-shaped with narrow, spreading tepals 1 to 2 centimeters long. In the center of the flower are three fertile stamens and three prominent, protruding sterile stamens known as staminodes.
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^"NatureServe Explorer - Brodiaea minor". NatureServe Explorer Brodiaea minor. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
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brodiaea, minor, species, flowering, plant, cluster, lily, genus, known, common, names, dwarf, brodiaea, vernalpool, brodiaea, conservation, status, apparently, secure, natureserve, scientific, classification, kingdom, plantae, clade, tracheophytes, clade, ang. Brodiaea minor is a species of flowering plant in the cluster lily genus known by the common names dwarf brodiaea and vernalpool brodiaea Brodiaea minor Conservation status Apparently Secure NatureServe 1 Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Monocots Order Asparagales Family Asparagaceae Subfamily Brodiaeoideae Genus Brodiaea Species B minor Binomial name Brodiaea minor Benth S Wats The bulb is endemic to central California where it grows in the grassland habitat of the Central Valley and adjacent Sierra Nevada foothills Description editBrodiaea minor is a small perennial producing an erect inflorescence up to 10 centimeters tall which bears light purple flowers on short pedicels Each flower is urn shaped with narrow spreading tepals 1 to 2 centimeters long In the center of the flower are three fertile stamens and three prominent protruding sterile stamens known as staminodes References edit NatureServe Explorer Brodiaea minor NatureServe Explorer Brodiaea minor NatureServe 2022 05 30 Retrieved 30 May 2022 External links editJepson Manual Treatment USDA Plants Profile Flora of North America Photo gallery This Asparagaceae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brodiaea minor amp oldid 1094743937, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
