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Indian Valley Brodiaea
Brodiaea rosea
  
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About Indian Valley Brodiaea (Brodiaea rosea) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Brodiaea coronaria is the type species of Brodiaea and also known by the common name crown brodiaea. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in mountains and grasslands. Brodiaea coronaria is a perennial herb growing from a corm and producing an erect inflorescence with a few basal leaves. The inflorescence is up to about 25 centimeters tall and bears lilylike flowers on an array of pedicels. Each flower is a tube several centimeters long opening into a bell-shaped corolla of six bright purple lobes each up to 3 centimeters long. In the center are three stamens and whitish sterile stamens known as staminodes. Taxonomy. Nomenclature. See also: Nomenclature of BrodiaeaThe history of the scientific name of this species is somewhat tangled. There are two subspecies of this plant: Brodiaea coronaria subsp. coronaria - crown brodiaea. Brodiaea coronaria subsp. rosea - Indian Valley brodiaea; a rare pink-flowered subspecies endemic to a small region in the Inner North California Coast Ranges (Tehama, Glenn, and Lake Counties) in northwestern California.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
9.8 in tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Blue, Lavender, Purple

Landscaping Information
Common uses
Common uses
Butterfly Gardens

Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 20.9" - 74.5", Summer Precipitation: 0.35" - 1.58", Coldest Month: 40.4" - 49.3", Hottest Month: 61.8" - 74.9", Humidity: 2.04" - 23.54", Elevation: 143" - 4835"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Crown Brodiaea


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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