Asparagaceae FAMILY
Bloomeria crocea
Bloomeria crocea
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Bloomeria crocea is a herbaceous, perennial plant usually producing a single leaf 6 - 30cm long and a flowering scape 15 - 70cm long from a fibrous-coated corm[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and an adhesive. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, valued for its spring flowers.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeSouth-western N. America - California, Baja California.
HabitatDry flats, hillsides, often in heavy soil, chaparral, coastal sage scrub, valley grasslands, oak woodlands; at elevations from sea level to 1,700 metres[ 71 Title A California Flora. Publication Author Munz P.A. & Keck D.D. Publisher University of California Press; Los Angeles Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent flora but no pictures. Not for the casual reader. , 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].