A N F Keys
1 Perianth segments (6) fused only at base (tepals), never bluish or violet
2 Shoots 1 with 1 leaf; blade 150−500+ × 8−16 mm, keeled with angled midrib; perianth yellow with maroon (brownish) to green midstripe; each stamen with a pair of appendages at filament base .. Bloomeria crocea var. crocea [pics]
2' Shoots 1−3 with several leaves; blade 10−90 mm long, slender and hemi-cylindric; perianth white with light green midstripe; stamens lacking appendages .. Muilla maritima [pics]
1' Perianth segments (6) fused to form a tube, blue-violet to strong violet or light violet (rarely all white)
3 Flowers tightly clustered at anthesis with pedicels 1−7 mm long; fertile stamens 6, fresh anthers 2−4 mm long (2 sizes); corona of 6 lobes .. Dichelostemma capitatum subsp. capitatum [pics]
3' Flowers loosely clustered at anthesis with pedicels 10−70 mm long; fertile stamens 3, staminodes 3 extending above anthers and 3-toothed at tip, fresh anthers 5−6 mm long; corona absent .. Brodiaea terrestris subsp. kernensis [pics]
The text of the above keys used with permission from
A Naturalist's Flora of the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills, California
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Barry A. Prigge and Arthur C. Gibson
2013