Brodiaea pallida is endemic to California, where it is known from a two populations along the border between Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties.

[1] Brodiaea pallida is a perennial producing an inflorescence up to about 20 centimetres (7.9 in) tall bearing pale purple flowers on short pedicels.

In the center of the flower are three erect white, notch-tipped sterile stamens called staminodes, each about as long as the tepals.

[1] This plant grows in mixed soils of volcanic and serpentine origin[4] in vernally moist areas of grassland next to intermittent streams.

At the time it was placed on the endangered species list, it was known only from a strip of land under 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) long and just 6 metres (20 ft) wide, and was at risk for extinction from any one destructive event.