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NATIVE BULBS 
A. fibrillum—6 in. Clusters of pale pink flowers. Mts. of Pacific Northwest. 
Hardy. 
A. fimbriatum—3 in. Large globular umbels of brilliant rose-purple flowers. 
Hot sandy slopes. 
A. peninsulare var. crispum—8 in. Umbels of attractive rose'purple flowers, 
the inner petals with white crinkled edges. Central inner South Coast 
Ranges. 
A. unifolium—18 in. Large umbels of rich pink flowers. Moist soil in North 
Coast Ranges. 
A. validum—2 ft. Long narcissus-like leaves. Large round umbels of rose 
flowers. Wet meadows of Sierra Nevada Mts. Hardy. 
Bloomeria crocea, Golden Stars—12 in. More slender and wiry than Brodiasa 
ixioides, which it resembles. Southern hillsides. 
Brodiaea capitata, California Hyacinth—18 in. Close umbel of violet-blue 
flowers. Hillsides and plains throughout California. Hardy. 
B. coccinea, Fire-cracker—18 in. Clusters of pendulous tubular scarlet flowers, 
each tipped with brilliant light green. Wooded foothills and mts. of 
northern California to 4000 ft. Probably hardy. 
B. coronaria (B. grandiflora), Harvest Brodiaea—IT in. Open umbels of large 
deep violet flowers. Foothills and mts. of Pacific Coast. Hardy. 
B. douglasii—18 in. Open umbels of light blue flowers. Interior northern mts. 
Hardy. 
B. ixioides, Golden Brodiaea—10 in. Umbels of yellow flowers. Outside of 
petals conspicuously brown-veined. Foothills of central California coast to 
5000 ft. Probably hardy. 
B. laxa, Ithuriel’s Spear—2 ft. Loose showy umbels of violet-purple flowers. 
Northern hillsides in heavy soil. Hardy. 
B. laxa var. nimia—Habit of type with intensely deep blue flowers. Marin 
County coast. 
B. multiflora—15 in. Round umbels of violet flowers. Northern foothills to 
3500 ft. 
B. volubilis, Twining Brodiaea, Snake Lily—Twining stems, 5 ft. Umbels of 
deep rose-pink flowers. Climbs over shrubs of northern brush-covered 
slopes. 
Calochortus albus, Fairy Lantern—18 in. Sprays of large pearl-white nodding 
flowers. Wooded slopes. Hardy. 
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C. albus var. rubellus, Pink Fairy Lantern—10 in. Sprays of nodding translu¬ 
cent rose-pink flowers. Sierra Nevada foothills. Hardy. 
C. amabilis (C. pulchellus) Golden Lantern—10 in. Sprays of nodding globe- 
shaped golden-yellow flowers. Woods of North Coast Ranges. Hardy with 
care. 
