Bloomeria clevelandii
| Origin: | ✈ | California |
|---|
If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
Bloomeria clevelandii is a rare species of flowering plant in the lily family, or alternately the Themidaceae, which is known by the common name San Diego goldenstar. It is native to a strip of scrub and coastal grassland in San Diego County, California, and adjacent Baja California. Genetic analysis of several morphologically similar genera shows that this species, which was named Muilla clevelandii for several decades, is not very closely related to the other members of Muilla and is moved back to Bloomeria.[1]
This plant is a perennial herb growing from a corm and producing 2 to 8 narrow leaves up to 15 centimeters long. The erect inflorescence arises from ground level and may be up to 70 centimeters tall. It is shaped like an umbel with up to 30 flowers borne on pedicels 2 or 3 centimeters long. The flower has six green-veined yellow tepals each up to a centimeter long.
The plant is threatened by the destruction of its coastal habitat to urban development and impacts from vehicles and trash dumping.[2]
Read about Bloomeria clevelandii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
|
|---|
|
Bloomeria clevelandii, Wats. More slender: Lvs. 3-7: fls. smaller, keeled with brown, the stamens shorter.
|
Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Varieties
Gallery
photo 1
-
photo 2
-
photo 3
References
- ↑ Pires, J. C. & K. J. Sytsma. (2002). A phylogenetic evaluation of a biosystematic framework: Brodiaea and related petaloid monocots (Themidaceae). Am J Bot 89:1342-1359
- ↑ California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Bloomeria clevelandii. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Bloomeria clevelandii QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)