Triteleia bridgesii

Bridges' brodiaea

Family: Themidaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Bridges' brodiaea is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, northern California Ranges, northern Sierra Nevada foothills, and northern Sierra Nevada at elevations below 1,200 meters, often growing on rocky serpentine slopes and forest edges. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces stunning lilac, blue-purple, pink, or red-purple flowers with translucent, shiny throats in clusters atop smooth scapes 10 to 60 centimeters tall. Growing with linear leaves 20 to 55 centimeters long and 3 to 10 millimeters wide, it has an elegant, slender form. Its perianth reaches 27 to 45 millimeters long, with lobes 10 to 20 millimeters that spread abruptly from a tapered base. The stamens are distinctively attached at a single level, with blue-tinged anthers 3.5 to 4.5 millimeters long.

Habitat: Foothills, forest edges, often on rocks, serpentine

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 1200 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoR, CaRF, n&ampc SNF, n SNH

California counties: El Dorado, Del Norte, Placer, Lassen, Butte, Tulare, Tuolumne, Nevada, Yuba, Glenn, Humboldt, Trinity, Kern, Amador, Shasta, Siskiyou, Mariposa, Tehama, Calaveras, Sierra, Plumas, Mendocino, Merced

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