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Brodiaea californica
California brodiaea is a bulbous perennial wildflower native to California and Oregon, reaching up to about 76 cm in flower, with purple, white or occasionally pink blooms in late spring or early summer. It needs a dry summer dormancy and good drainage to grow well.
Brodiaea californica, with the common name California brodiaea, is a species of plant in the genus Brodiaea.
The perennial plant, growing from a bulb, is native to California and Oregon.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brodiaea californica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
