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1751a. Brodiaea minor 



Dry plains and low hills of San Joaquin and Sacramento Valley, to south- 

 ern California. Stems 3 to 6 inches high; umbel of 2-5 blue flowers. 



1752. Harvest Brodiaea Brodiaea grandiflora 



Very common throughout State and Sierra Nevada foothills. Scape stout, 

 7-18 inches high. 



1753. Fire-cracker Plant Brodiaea ida-maia 

 "Brevoortia" 



A showy and curious species , mountain slopes and wooded foothills from 

 Marin County to Mendocino and Shasta Counties. Scape 1-3 feet high; umbel 

 6-13 flowered; perianth tube scarlet. 



1754. Twining Brodiaea Brodiaea Calif ornica 



Hill country and Coast Ranges and foothills of Sierra Nevada. Pinkish 

 or rose color; stems weak, climbing or twining around other plants. Often 

 1-8 feet high. 



1755. Ookow Brodiaea congesta 



Open hills in Coast Ranges from Oakland hills northward. Flowers blue 

 or purple. April and May. 



1756. Blue Dicks Brodiaea capitata 



Very common in Bay region to southern California and Sierra Nevada 

 foothills into sugar pine belt. February-May. Flowers blue; scape erect, 7-14 

 inches high ending in head-like umbel of 7-8 flowers. 



1757. Golden Brodiaea Brodiaea ixiodies 



Foothills of Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada to 9,500 feet altitude. Varies 

 in height from a few inches to over a foot. Umbel of loose showy yellow 

 flowers with brown veins. 



1758. Grass Nut Brodiaea laxa 



A showy and beautiful species common in adobe fields. May. Corm edi- 

 ble. Violet-purple rarely white, 10-25 flowered. 



1758a. Brodiaea peduncularis 



Low wet ground, Tiburon and north to Lake County. Rose purple or 

 nearly white, 3-15 flowered. 



1759. White Brodiaea Brodiaea Hyacinthina 



Common in low moist ground in Coast Ranges and Great Valley and 

 Sierra Nevada. White or bluish white with green veins. 



1760. Cluster Lily Brodiaea multiflora 

 Hog Onion 



Sierra Nevada mountains. Habit and blue flowers of Brodiaea capitata, 

 but much less plentiful. 



1760a. Brodiaea gracilis 



Sierra Nevada; common in moist places at high altitudes. Yosemite. 



1761. Golden Bloomeria Bloomeria aurea 

 Golden Stars 



Pacheco Pass, Bew Idria, Monterey County, and southward. Leaves lin- 

 ear with a ridge, umbel with many flowers. Yellow. 



1762. Muilla Muilla maritima 



Low alkaline fields; Sacramento Valley to Monterey. Stem 3-9 inches 

 high, equaled by the narrow leaves. This little plant is much like Brodiaea 

 and much like Allium, but with no onion taste or smell. 



