Brodiaea stellaris is a perennial that produces a short inflorescence only a few centimeters tall which bears flowers on pedicels. Each flower has six blue-purple tepals up to 1.5 centimeters long. At the center of the flower are large white sterile stamens called staminodes which surround the distinctive forked fertile stamens.
brodiaea, stellaris, species, flowering, plant, cluster, lily, genus, known, common, name, starflower, brodiaea, conservation, statusimperiled, natureserve, scientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsclade, monocotsorder, a. Brodiaea stellaris is a species of flowering plant in the cluster lily genus known by the common name starflower brodiaea Brodiaea stellarisConservation statusImperiled NatureServe 1 Scientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade MonocotsOrder AsparagalesFamily AsparagaceaeSubfamily BrodiaeoideaeGenus BrodiaeaSpecies B stellarisBinomial nameBrodiaea stellarisS Wats The bulb is endemic to northern California where it grows on the serpentine soils of the North California Coast Ranges Flowering peaks in May 2 Description editBrodiaea stellaris is a perennial that produces a short inflorescence only a few centimeters tall which bears flowers on pedicels Each flower has six blue purple tepals up to 1 5 centimeters long At the center of the flower are large white sterile stamens called staminodes which surround the distinctive forked fertile stamens References edit NatureServe Explorer 2 0 iNaturalist Brodiaea stellarisExternal 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 stellaris amp oldid 1089277647, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
