Leaves usually 1–2, 5–30 cm × 3–15 mm. Scape 5–10 cm, minutely scabrous. Flowers: tepals ascending at base, then gradually spreading, connate basally for ca. 1 mm, yellow with brownish purplish midvein, 7–11 mm; filaments parallel to style, dilated bases 2.5–4 mm, often smooth, connate into nectariferous cup; anthers 1.5–1.8 mm; ovary 2 mm; style 6 mm; pedicel 1–5 cm.

Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Grasslands, chaparral edges, open mesas on ocean bluffs
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

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Calif.

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Bloomeria humilis is rare, known only from a single location on the California coast.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.