  | Description: Form: Naked, slender, 8 – 20 inch tall stem topped with 2 – 10 trumpet-shaped, blue-violet flowers.
Leaves: 3-5 grass-like leaves arising from base of stem.
Flower: 6 petals form a narrow bell-shaped, bright blue-violet flower. The 3 fertile stamens alternate with 3 petal-like staminodia.
Blooming: April- May.
Plant Community: Open grasslands in the Coastal scrub and Chaparral.
Uses: Native Americans and early settlers ate the roasted bulb (corm).
Common name: aka Mesa Brodiaea, Harvest Brodiaea.
Latin name: Genus named in honor of Scottish botanist, James Brodie. The 1st of this specimen was collected in Jolon, California. Color: blue/purple/violet
Season: April, May,
Community: Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Grassland,
Use: Edible, Horticultural,
Origin: Native |
