Bloomeria humilis

Hoover

Pl. Life 11: 21, plate 2 (right), fig. 1. 1955.

Common names: Dwarf golden star
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 337. Mentioned on page 334, 336.

Leaves usually 1–2, 5–30 cm × 3–15 mm. Scape 5–10 cm, minutely scabrous. Flowers: tepals ascending at base, then gradually spreading, connate basally for ca. 1 mm, yellow with brownish purplish midvein, 7–11 mm; filaments parallel to style, dilated bases 2.5–4 mm, often smooth, connate into nectariferous cup; anthers 1.5–1.8 mm; ovary 2 mm; style 6 mm; pedicel 1–5 cm.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Grasslands, chaparral edges, open mesas on ocean bluffs
Elevation: 0–100 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Bloomeria humilis is rare, known only from a single location on the California coast.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broad" is not a number."thicker" is not a number.

... more about "Bloomeria humilis"
versatile +  and subbasifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
J. Chris Pires +
Hoover +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
connate +
dilated +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
membranous +  and scarious +
tunicate +  and scaly +
Dwarf golden star +
fibrous-coated +
0–100 m +
dilated +  and filiform +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (?) +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
capsular +  and sessile +
loculicidal +
subglobose +  and 3-angled +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Grasslands, chaparral edges, open mesas on ocean bluffs +
bracteate +, 10-35-flowered +, open +  and umbellate +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
persistent +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
brownish purplish +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering spring. +
cylindrical +
slender +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
wrinkled +
subovoid +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
adnate +  and free +
epitepalous +
1 +  and several +
persistent +
3 +  and 1 +
clavate +  and filiform +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (?) +
Bloomeria humilis +
Bloomeria +
species +
persistent +
spreading +  and ascending +
subrotate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
3 +  and 2 +