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Plants => Plant ID questions => Topic started by: Palustris on July 14, 2007, 06:58:39 PM
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Found this flowering the Alpine House. No label and I do not remember planting it. Certain it is a bulb, if only because of the strap like leaves. The flower is about 2 cms across.
Anyone any ideas?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/Berghill/July07/July07extra/minorbulbs1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/Berghill/July07/July07extra/minorbulbs2.jpg)
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Did you ever find out what it was, Eric?
Sorry theres been no response here.
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No, but we think it may be a Brodiaea minor. Got a Botanist friend visiting in a few weeks time so may ask him, as it is about to flower.
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It looks very like youve got a good starting point in identifying the correct genus. I can see the similarity in comparison to the images in the links below.
Interesting genus 8)
This web page has it as a Californian Native
http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1181
http://www.californianativebulbs.com/HTML/Quick_list.html
and theres info here
http://www.sacsplash.org/plants/brospp.htm
Please let us know if you get an ID from your botanist friend. Its nice to get these things resolved.