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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Chlorogalum
|accepted_authority=Kunth
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Enum. Pl.
|place=4: 681. 1843
|year=1843
}}
|common_names=Soap plant;amole
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Laothoë
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=genus
|publication_title=
|publication_place=1837
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Chlorogalum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Chlorogalum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek chloros, green, and gala, milk, alluding to the lather-producing juice of the bulbs
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 20, 21, 58, 204, 303, 308
|treatment_page=page 307
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;bulb architecture"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, from tunicate bulbs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>basal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade arrangement or course or shape;blade size;bract texture">blade linear, reduced to scarious bracts in inflorescence.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>paniculate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower arrangement;flower quantity;bract size"><b>Flowers </b>scattered at intervals along branches, 1–several per node, each subtended by small bract;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration">perianth white, purple, or pinkish;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="tepal quantity;tepal fusion;tepal shape;tepal duration;tepal architecture">tepals 6, distinct, linear to oblong, with nectaries at base, persisting in fruit and twisting together above capsule;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="tepal stamen quantity">stamens 6, inserted on bases of tepals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="anther fixation">anthers versatile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="style shape">style slightly 3-lobed at apex;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pedicel architecture">pedicel articulate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit architecture;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, 3-valved, dehiscence loculicidal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="seed quantity;seed quantity"><b>Seeds </b>1 or 2 per locule.</span><!--

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|distribution=w North America;mainly Calif
|discussion=<p>Species 5 (5 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Based on floral characters, chromosome numbers, and karyotypes, Chlorogalum probably is closely related to Camassia, from which it differs primarily in the number of ovules per locule (1 or 2 in Chlorogalum, more than 2 in Camassia).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Flowers diurnal.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Flowers vespertine.
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Tepals white or pinkish; flowers or buds 2 or more per axil.
|[[Chlorogalum parviflorum|Chlorogalum parviflorum]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Tepals deep blue to purple; flowers and buds occurring singly along inflorescence axis.
|[[Chlorogalum purpureum|Chlorogalum purpureum]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Leaves 2–5 mm wide, margins not strongly undulate.
|[[Chlorogalum angustifolium|Chlorogalum angustifolium]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Leaves 6–25 mm wide, margins strongly undulate.
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Pedicel 5–35 mm, ca. equal to or exceeding perianth.
|[[Chlorogalum pomeridianum|Chlorogalum pomeridianum]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Pedicel 2–5 mm, much shorter than perianth.
|[[Chlorogalum grandiflorum|Chlorogalum grandiflorum]]
|}
</div></div><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Chlorogalum
|author=Judy Jernstedt
|authority=Kunth
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Laothoë
|family=Liliaceae
|distribution=w North America;mainly Calif
|reference=None
|publication title=Enum. Pl.
|publication year=1843
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_606.xml
|genus=Chlorogalum
|anther fixation=versatile
|blade arrangement or course or shape=linear
|blade size=reduced
|bract size=small
|bract texture=scarious
|bulb architecture=tunicate
|flower arrangement=scattered
|flower quantity=1;several
|fruit architecture=3-valved;capsular
|fruit dehiscence=loculicidal
|inflorescence arrangement=paniculate
|leaf position=basal
|pedicel architecture=articulate
|perianth coloration=pinkish;purple;pinkish;purple;white
|seed quantity=2;1
|style shape=3-lobed
|tepal architecture=twisting
|tepal duration=persisting
|tepal fusion=distinct
|tepal quantity=6
|tepal shape=linear;oblong
|tepal stamen quantity=6
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
}}<!--

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