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Chlorogalum pomeridianum

amole, California soaproot, wavy-leaf soap plant
Bulbs

7–15 cm, tunic thick, with numerous coarse, brown fibers of old bulb scales (except var. minus).
Leaves

2–7 dm × 6–25 mm, margins usually strongly undulate.
Panicles

3–25 dm, branches many.
Flowers

vespertine, open 1 night only, closed by next morning;

tepals spreading and recurved at anthesis, white with green or purple midveins, linear, 1.5–2.5 cm;

stamens shorter than tepals;

anthers purple or yellow, ca. 3 mm;

pollen yellow or whitish;

style 10–15 mm, from shorter to longer than tepals;

pedicel slender, 5–35 mm, usually ca. equal to or exceeding perianth.
Capsules

5–7 mm.

Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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Discussion

Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Bulb tunic membranous or with few coarse fibers.
var. minus
1. Bulb tunic not membranous, with numerous coarse fibers.
→ 2
2. Panicles erect, 5–25 dm.
var. pomeridianum
2. Panicles nearly prostrate or with branches diverging widely from base, 3–4 dm or shorter.
var. divaricatum
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 308.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Chlorogalum
Sibling taxa
C. angustifolium, C. grandiflorum, C. parviflorum, C. purpureum
Subordinate taxa
C. pomeridianum var. divaricatum, C. pomeridianum var. minus, C. pomeridianum var. pomeridianum
Synonyms Scilla pomeridiana, Anthericum pomeridianum, Laothoë pomeridiana, Phalangium pomeridianum
Name authority (de Candolle) Kunth: Enum. Pl. 4: 682. (1843)
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