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I made this photograph in the spring of 2005 on the Flying M Ranch in Merced County. I posted the image on the Calphotos website and, some time later, received notification that species information had been added to my identification by a man named Rob Preston. This, in part, is a quote from him: "In addition to six petals,Brodiaeas have a set of inner appendages called staminodes, which are intermediate in structure between petals and stamens. They are usually white and shorter than the petals but larger than the stamens and do not produce pollen. They appear to function in pollination, forming a tube that bees have to squeeze into to reach the nectar. The staminodes help position the bees so that they are in the right position for effecting pollination - they get pollen from the first flower on a specific part of their body, then rub that pollen onto the stigma of the next flower they visit. Staminode size, shape, and position vary among the species. Only the staminodes in B. appendiculata and B. californica (which doesn't occur south of Butte County) have wavy margins. B. appendiculata can be locally common, although it only occurs in a couple of dozen locations scattered from Yuba County to Merced County."
 
 
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