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Bloomeria clevelandii (view source)
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|genus=Bloomeria
|familia=Liliaceae
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|species=clevelandii
|species=clevelandii
|common_name=San Diego goldenstar
|origin=California
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'''''Bloomeria clevelandii''''' is a rare species of flowering plant in the [[Liliaceae|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''.<ref>Pires, J. C. & K. J. Sytsma. (2002). [http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/89/8/1342 A phylogenetic evaluation of a biosystematic framework: ''Brodiaea'' and related petaloid monocots (Themidaceae).] ''[[American Journal of Botany|Am J Bot]]'' 89:1342-1359</ref>
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 [[Pedicel (botany)|pedicels]] 2 or 3 centimeters long. The flower has six green-veined yellow [[tepal]]s 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.<ref>[http://cnps.site.aplus.net/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi/Go?_id=bloomeria_clevelandii&sort=DEFAULT California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile]</ref>
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Bloomeria clevelandii, Wats. More slender: Lvs. 3-7: fls. smaller, keeled with brown, the stamens shorter. G.C. III. 20:687.—Less valuable than the other.
Bloomeria clevelandii, Wats. More slender: Lvs. 3-7: fls. smaller, keeled with brown, the stamens shorter.
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