Bloomeria Explained

Bloomeria is a genus of flowering plants with a geophyte lifestyle in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae. It was named for Hiram Green Bloomer (1819–1874) an early San Francisco botanist.

Species

It consists of three species native to California and Baja California:^{[1] [2] [3]}

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Bloomeria clevelandii S. Watson	San Diego County and northern Baja California
	Bloomeria crocea (Torrey) Coville	Baja California, California
	Bloomeria humilis Hoover	central coast of California (Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties)

External links

• • • USDA Plants Profile for Bloomeria
• Flora of North America Profile

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=300612 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8435 Jepson Manual Treatment
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=104115 Flora of North America v 26 p 336, Bloomeria Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 11. 1863.