Brodiaea elegans

Brodiaea elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Brodiaea
Species:
B. elegans
Binomial name
Brodiaea elegans
Subspecies
  • Brodiaea elegans var. australis Hoover, 1957[2]
  • Brodiaea elegans subsp. elegans
  • Brodiaea elegans subsp. hooveri T.F. Niehaus, 1971[3]
  • Brodiaea elegans var. mundula (Jeps.) Hoover, 1939[1]

Brodiaea elegans is a species of flowering plant in the cluster-lily genus known by the common names harvest brodiaea, elegant brodiaea, and elegant cluster-lily.

The bulb is native to the mountain ranges of California and Oregon, where it grows in woodlands and meadows.

  1. ^ a b Hoover Amer. Midl. Naturalist 22(3): 555–558 1939
  2. ^ Hoover Leafl. W. Bot. 8(5): 132–133 1957
  3. ^ T.F. Niehaus Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 60: 48, f. 11, 12a–d 1971