− | Brevoortia ida-maia, Wood (B. coccinea, Wats. Brodiaea coccinea, Gray). Floral. Fire-cracker. Lvs. slender, grassy: scapes slender, 1-3 ft. high, with 3-6 pendulous tubular-saccate fls. 1-2 in. long, which are brilliant crimson-red, tipped with pea-green. N. Calif, to Ore. in wooded foothills. B.M. 5857. G.C. III. 20:687. Gn. 46, p. 503.—The fls. are very lasting and beautiful. | + | Brevoortia ida-maia, Wood (B. coccinea, Wats. Brodiaea coccinea, Gray). Floral. Fire-cracker. Lvs. slender, grassy: scapes slender, 1-3 ft. high, with 3-6 pendulous tubular-saccate fls. 1-2 in. long, which are brilliant crimson-red, tipped with pea-green. N. Calif, to Ore. in wooded foothills.—The fls. are very lasting and beautiful. |
| Half-hardy. Needs partial shade and a deep, loose soil, thoroughly drained, and with some leaf-mold. Conn the sue of a nutmeg. | | Half-hardy. Needs partial shade and a deep, loose soil, thoroughly drained, and with some leaf-mold. Conn the sue of a nutmeg. |