Dwarf Brodiaea

Scape 0.5–20 cm, slender. Flowers 16–33 mm; perianth pinkish purple or rose, tube narrowly campanulate, 6–13 mm, opaque, not splitting in fruit, lobes ascending, recurved distally, 10–20 mm; filaments 2–3 mm, base dilated to form triangular flap; anthers linear, 3–6 mm, apex separated; staminodia leaning inward slightly but held away from stamens, violet to whitish, broad, 4–5 mm, margins 1/4 involute, apex broad, slightly hooded, 2-notched; ovary 7–9 mm; style 4–9 mm; pedicel 1–15 cm.

Hookera terrestris (Kellogg) Britten ex Greene

There are two subspecies of Brodiaea terrestris:

* Brodiaea terrestris subsp. terrestris, occurring in all California coastal counties between Del Norte and Santa Barbara, as well as the San Francisco Bay area and Riverside, San Bernardino and Kern Counties. This subspecies is also found in southwestern Oregon.

* Brodiaea terrestris subsp. kernensis, occurring in Central and Southern California from Santa Cruz and Fresno Counties south to San Diego and Riverside Counties.

Brodiaea terrestris, the dwarf brodiaea, is a species of plant in the genus Brodiaea that is native to California and Oregon.

In California, it is found in coastal ranges from the Oregon border, through the Bay Area, to San Diego, and in the central Sierra Nevada.

There are two subspecies:

Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis (Kern brodiaea) Brodiaea terrestris ssp. terrestris (dwarf brodiaea).