With budding flower stalk. Caspers Wilderness Park, San Juan Capistrano, CA. 5-03-09. © Joan Avise |
Small-flowered Soap Plant Chlorogalum parviflorum Very similar to C. pomeridianum, but smaller. with leaves half as wide and slightly shorter in length, smaller 1-3 in. long brown membranous bulb with few coarse fibers. Flower spike half as tall, 1 to 4 ft. Flower stems much shorter. Flowers remain open during the day. Scattered and patchy on rocky clay soils in grassland and openings in coastal sage scrub and southern cactus scrub; San Joaquin Hills, southeast coast, mountain foothills and Santa Ana Mountains (Roberts). Native Americans used both Chlorogalum species widely in California. Flowering May - August. More on uses: more. Native to coastal southern California and Baja California Back to Agavaceae of Orange County, California |
Flower buds. Caspers Wilderness Park, San Juan Capistrano, CA. 5-03-09. © Joan Avise |
Harding Truck Trail, Cleveland National Forest, Orange County, CA. 6-11-15. © Ron Vanderhoff |
Harding Truck Trail, Cleveland National Forest, Orange County, CA. 6-11-15. © Ron Vanderhoff |
Harding Truck Trail, Cleveland National Forest, Orange County, CA. 6-11-15. © Ron Vanderhoff |
San Clemente State Park, Orange County, CA. 6-14-12. © Ron Vanderhoff |
Perianth parts white to pink, with dark veins, about 1/4 inch long, spreading from above the base; stamens with yellow anthers. San Clemente State Park, Orange County, CA. 6-14-12. © Ron Vanderhoff |
San Clemente State Park, Orange County, CA. 6-14-12. © Ron Vanderhoff |
San Clemente State Park, Mima mounds, 5-26-14. © Ron Vanderhoff |