Brodiaea coronaria

Garland brodiaea, Garland Brodiaea

Family: Themidaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Garland brodiaea is a California native perennial found in the northern Sierra Nevada foothills, Sacramento Valley, and northern California foothills in vernal pools, grasslands, and oak woodlands at elevations of 30 to 390 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces violet flowers with long, ascending perianth lobes 14 to 28.5 millimeters long and tips that gently recurve. Growing with slender scapes 10 to 30 centimeters tall, it emerges gracefully from underground corms. Its flowers feature distinctive white staminodes that lean toward but do not touch the stamens, creating an elegant architectural structure. The delicate violet blooms are carried on pedicels up to 5.5 centimeters long, making it a striking addition to its seasonal grassland habitats.

Habitat: Vernal pools, grassland, oak woodland

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: 30-390(760) m

Bioregions: CaRF, n SNF, ScV

California counties: Tulare, Riverside, Mariposa, Placer, Calaveras, Tehama, Los Angeles, Shasta, San Diego, Sacramento, Kern, Sonoma, Butte, Modoc, Lassen, Mendocino, San Mateo, Stanislaus, San Luis Obispo, Kings, Yuba, Plumas, San Joaquin, Lake, Humboldt, Marin, Tuolumne, Santa Cruz, Solano, El Dorado, Nevada, Yolo, Merced, Siskiyou, Sutter, Sierra, Fresno, Alameda, Napa, Madera, Santa Barbara

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.