About Brodiaea elegans Hoover
Brodiaea elegans Hoover is a perennial plant. It produces a stout, stem-like inflorescence that can grow up to 50 centimeters tall. The plant bears showy flowers on pedicels that reach up to 10 centimeters long. Each flower has six curving tepals, which can be up to 3 centimeters long and come in shades of bright purple. At the center of the flower are white or pale purple sterile stamens called staminodes. These staminodes are flat, have pointed or toothed tips, and measure between half a centimeter and one centimeter in length. Fertile stamens topped with large anthers grow next to the staminodes. In Northern California, Brodiaea elegans is one of the later-blooming wildflowers, and it is often seen blooming in May.
