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.

Distribution

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Calif., Oreg.

Discussion

Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. divaricatum, Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. minus, Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum

Key

1	Bulb tunic membranous or with few coarse fibers.	Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. minus
1	Bulb tunic not membranous, with numerous coarse fibers.	> 2
2	Panicles erect, 5–25 dm.	Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum
2	Panicles nearly prostrate or with branches diverging widely from base, 3–4 dm or shorter.	Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. divaricatum