Common Muilla (Muilla maritima)

4/17/05 Vernal Pool Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Riverside County, CA

5/10/03 Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

3/31/01 Vernal Pool Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Common Muilla

SPECIES: Muilla marítima

FAMILY: Themidaceae (Brodiaea Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/31/2001

LOCATION: Vernal Pool Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Leaf 10–60 cm

Inflorescence 10–50 cm; pedicels 10–50 mm; flowers 4–20

Flower: perianth lobes 3–6 mm (inner slightly wider), greenish white, striped brown; stamens 2–5 mm, filaments thread-like or slightly wider at base, anthers blue, green, or purple

Fruit 5–8 mm

Ecology: Grassland, open scrub, woodland, in alkaline, granitic, or serpentine soils

Elevation: 0–2300 m.  

Bioregional distribution: c&s Northwestern California, Central Western California, Southwestern California, uncommon in c Sierra Nevada Foothills, Great Central Valley, w Desert 

Distribution outside California: Baja California

Flowering time: Mar–Jun

Horticultural information: DRN, DRY, SUN: 3, 7, 14; may be DFCLT.