About Muilla transmontana Greene
Muilla transmontana is a species of flowering plant with the common name Inland muilla. It is native to parts of the Great Basin in Nevada, and to areas of California east of the major mountain ranges. It grows in mountain forest, scrubby high desert, and plateau habitats. This is a perennial plant that grows from a corm, and produces an erect flowering stem that reaches up to half a meter tall. The onion-like leaves at the base of the stem are 20 to 60 centimeters long. The flowering stem holds an umbel-shaped cluster of 12 to 30 flowers, growing on pedicels up to 3 centimeters long. Each flower has six tepals that are white, turning pale purple as they dry, and are just under one centimeter in length. At the center of the flower are six erect stamens, with filaments that are expanded at the base and fused into a low cup around the gynoecium.
