Muilla is a genus in the Androstephium-Muilla clade of Themidaceae of about six species from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Plants grow from a corm and the small flowers are borne in an umbel.
Muilla maritima grows in grassland, woodland and open scrub mostly in western California south to Baja. It blooms spring into summer. Flowers are small, greenish white, striped brown. Anthers are blue-green or purple. I collected seed of what I thought was an Allium along the Mendocino coast and when the plants were grown and it bloomed keyed it out to this genus and species that I didn't know grew where I lived. It was only in bloom for a few weeks and the flowers are small so it would be easily missed. First 3 photos by Mary Sue Ittner. Last photo by Nhu Nguyen showing the plant in situ at Jepson Prairie Preserve, Solano Co., CA.
