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Asparagaceae
Golden Star Lily
Bloomeria crocea
California sunshine.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Bloomeria
- Native to
- California, Baja California
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- Bulbous perennial
- Height
- 15-50 cm
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, sandy, clay
- Water
- Low
- Hardiness
- 8-11
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Did you know
- Each flower has six tepals with a distinctive dark midline stripe, creating a starburst pattern.
- It blooms in large clusters of up to 40 flowers atop a single leafless stem.
- The genus was named after Hiram Green Bloomer, a San Francisco botanist of the 1800s.
- Like many California bulbs, it goes completely dormant during the dry summer months.
- It can sometimes be found blooming in vast golden fields on grassy hillsides throughout coastal Southern California.
Color meanings
0
Radiance
1
Starlight
2
Native beauty