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Chlorogalum purpureum
Zoë 4: 159. 1893.
Common names: Purple amole
EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Laothoë purpurea (Brandegee) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 91. 1904
Bulbs 2.5–3 cm, tunic white to brown, with membranous scales. Leaves 1 cm × 2–5 mm, margins undulate. Panicles 1–4 dm, branches few. Flowers diurnal, occurring singly along inflorescence axis; tepals recurved, deep blue to purple, subrotate, 5–7 mm; stamens ca. equal to tepals; anthers yellow, 1 mm; pollen yellow; style exserted, especially in old flowers, 5–6 mm; pedicel slender, 4–10 mm, typically longer than perianth. Capsules 3 mm.
Discussion
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Panicles 2.5–4 dm. | Chlorogalum purpureum var. purpureum |
| 1 | Panicles 1–2 dm. | Chlorogalum purpureum var. reductum |
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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 /> (?) +
Purple amole +
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 +
Chlorogalum +
species +
twisting +
blue;purple +
persisting +
distinct +
absent +
recurved +
subrotate +
greener +
equal +
narrower +
perennial +
woody +