Brodiaea is a genus with sixteen species restricted to western North America, ranging geographically from Vancouver, B.C. to Baja California. This genus is in the Liliaceae, Asparagaceae or Themidaceae family depending on which taxonomists you follow. Brodiaea species K-Z are found on this wiki page. More information can be found on the main Brodiaea wiki page.
Brodiaea kinkiensis --Commonly known as San Clement Island brodiaea this species is endemic to San Clemente Island (one of the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California). It is found in clay soil in grassland. It is extremely rare. The flowers are purple or violet with a narrow bell-shaped tube and spreading lobes. The inner tepals are round, the staminodes erect with a pointed tip and held away from the stamens. It is very short, growing to 1 in. (2.5 cm.). It is pictured on Wayne Armstrong's 
web page.
Brodiaea minor -This species endemic to California is found in clay gravelly soil in grasslands and foothill woodlands in the hot foothills of the Sacramento Valley. Flowers are pale bluish to lilac with narrow petals and the tube pinched in just below the petals. The staminodes are erect, white, held close to the stamens, inrolled with a notched tip. Another short species, this one grows to 4 in. (10 cm.) high and blooms from March to April.
Brodiaea orcuttii --Commonly known as Orcutt's brodiaea, this very rare species is found in clay soil on serpentine substrate under vernally-flooded conditions in meadow and vernal-pool habitats in Riverside and San Diego counties to Baja California. The red-purple to blue flowers with widely spreading lobes are similar to Brodiaea filifolia_ but have no staminodes. This plant grows to 10 in. (25 cm.) tall and blooms April-July. It is pictured on Wayne Armstrong's web page.
Brodiaea pallida --Commonly known as Chinese Camp brodiaea, this is a rare California endemic, considered rare and endangered and found in serpentine substrate under vernally-flooded conditions in riparian habitats near Chinese Camp, Tuolumne County. It has pale purple or lilac flowers, sometimes with a white center and the tube is urn-shaped. The staminodes are erect, white, and held close to the stamens with inrolled margins and deeply notched tips. Pictures are of garden grown plants originally purchased from plants grown from seed. Photos by Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Sue Ittner. The last picture is of the corms on a 1 cm. grid.
Brodiaea purdyi --Commonly known as Purdy's brodiaea, this species is found in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California in open woodlands and often on serpentine. It has blue-violet flowers distinguished by narrow spreading tepals and an urn-like tube. The white staminodes are narrow, erect, held close to the stamens but above the petals, with inrolled margins and notched tips. It blooms from April to June. Photos by Mary Sue Ittner including a picture of the corms on a 1 cm. grid.
Brodiaea purdyi 'Blue Ribbons' is a cultivar of this species once sold by the Robinetts. Photos by Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Sue Ittner show a container with many flowers open at the same time as well as close-ups.
Brodiaea stellaris --The star-flowered brodiaea is a low-grower and is found on serpentine slopes in the middle Coast Ranges from Sonoma County to Humboldt County. It has blue-purple flowers with wide, blunt, white staminodes and small appendages behind the anthers and blooms May-July. The first photo was taken by Bob Rutemoeller. The second was taken by Mark McDonough. It shows this species growing in his Massachusetts garden, where it was surviving and flowering late June each of the next 4 years after he purchased a couple bulbs from Jim Robinett in 1999.
Brodiaea terrestris --Commonly known as dwarf brodiaea or earth brodiaea, this species is a coastal bluff and coastal prairie plant with stems appearing to be half buried beneath the soil. It grows from California to Oregon. The flowers are light blue to blue-violet with a triangular tube. The angled staminodes are white to violet, leaving inward but held away from the stamens. It blooms from April into June depending on the location. There are two subspecies.
Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis This subspecies can be taller with larger flowers. This Brodiaea was grown from wild collected seed in Kern County California at a high elevation. It is similar to Brodiaea jolonensis. This species has a green ovary and B. jolonensis has a purple ovary. Photo by Bob Rutemoeller.
Brodiaea terrestris ssp. terrestris This one is the shortest. These pictures show it in habitat in Northern California. The first two were taken at Salt Point State Park. One shows a rare white flower. Photos by Mary Sue Ittner and Bob Rutemoeller. The last two pictures show close-ups of flowers in cultivation.
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