Chlorogalum purpureum var. purpureum
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 310.
Panicles 2.5–4 dm. 2n = 60.
Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Open woodlands
Elevation: 300 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Chlorogalum purpureum var. purpureum is known from only three or four localities on the east side of the Santa Lucia Mountains in the South Coast Ranges. The California Native Plant Society considers it to be endangered throughout its range, and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed it as threatened.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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yellow +
basifixed +
versatile +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
sheathing +
herbaceous +
dilated +
reduced +
narrow +
absent +
1;several +
small +
scarious +
few +
tunicate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
solid +
Calif. +
fleshy +
slender +
singly +
diurnal +
1;several +
loculicidal +
paniculate +
simple +
persistent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
basal +
undulate +
(2-)3(-4)-locular +
many;several +
articulate +
typically longer +
slender +
showy +
yellow +
1893 +
membranous +
wind-distributed +
staminodial +
fertile +
capitate +
distinct +
exserted +
3-lobed +
Chlorogalum purpureum var. purpureum +
Chlorogalum purpureum +
variety +
twisting +
blue;purple +
persisting +
distinct +
absent +
recurved +
subrotate +
greener +
equal +
narrower +
perennial +
woody +