*** Welcome to piglix ***

Hookera

cluster-lily
Brodiaea californica ssp leptandra 1.jpg
Brodiaea californica ssp. leptandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Brodiaea
Sm.
Type species
Brodiaea coronaria
(Salisb.) Jeps.
Synonyms

Hookera Salisb., rejected name


Hookera Salisb., rejected name

Brodiaea /ˌbrˈdə, ˌbrdiˈə/, also known by the common name cluster-lilies, is a monocot genus of flowering plants in the Themidaceae family, in the Asparagales order.

It was formerly classified within the Brodiaeoideae subfamily of the Asparagaceae family, in the Asparagales order. The USDA Plants Database currently classifies the genus 'Brodiaea in the family Liliaceae.

Brodiaea species occur along the Pacific Coast region of North America, from British Columbia throughout California into the Baja California Peninsula. They are especially common in northern California.

Brodiaea species are herbaceous perennials, growing from corms. Between one and six narrow leaves are produced from the corm. The bare flowering stem (scape) carries an umbel of flowers. Individual flowers have six blue to purple tepals, joined at the base to form a tube with free lobes at the mouth. The outer three tepal lobes are narrower than the inner three.


...
Wikipedia

...