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|taxon = Bloomeria humilis
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|authority = Hoover
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|name = ''Bloomeria humilis''
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|unranked_classis = [[Monocots]]
|ordo = [[Asparagales]]
|familia = [[Themidaceae]]
|genus = ''[[Bloomeria]]''
|species = '''''B. humilis'''''
|binomial = ''Bloomeria humilis''
|binomial_authority = Hoover
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'''''Bloomeria humilis''''' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family [[Themidaceae]], and is known by the common name '''dwarf goldenstar'''. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[San Luis Obispo County, California]], where it is known from only one occurrence on the coastline near [[San Simeon, California|San Simeon]]. It is a plant of the local [[chaparral]] and coastal grassland. It is a perennial herb growing from a [[corm]] and producing one or two narrow leaves up to 10 centimeters long. The [[inflorescence]] is up to 8 or 10 centimeters tall and bears several flowers, each on a [[Pedicel (botany)|pedicel]]. The flower has six brown-stippled yellow [[tepal]]s each up to a centimeter long. The fruit is a capsule about half a centimeter in length.
'''''Bloomeria humilis''''' is a rare species of flowering plant that is known by the common name '''dwarf goldenstar'''. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[San Luis Obispo County, California]], where it is known from only one occurrence on the coastline near [[San Simeon, California|San Simeon]]. It is a plant of the local [[chaparral]] and coastal grassland. It is a perennial herb growing from a [[corm]] and producing one or two narrow leaves up to 10 centimeters long. The [[inflorescence]] is up to 8 or 10 centimeters tall and bears several flowers, each on a [[Pedicel (botany)|pedicel]]. The flower has six brown-stippled yellow [[tepal]]s each up to a centimeter long. The fruit is a capsule about half a centimeter in length.


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Revision as of 21:21, 14 May 2011

Bloomeria humilis is a rare species of flowering plant that is known by the common name dwarf goldenstar. It is endemic to San Luis Obispo County, California, where it is known from only one occurrence on the coastline near San Simeon. It is a plant of the local chaparral and coastal grassland. It is a perennial herb growing from a corm and producing one or two narrow leaves up to 10 centimeters long. The inflorescence is up to 8 or 10 centimeters tall and bears several flowers, each on a pedicel. The flower has six brown-stippled yellow tepals each up to a centimeter long. The fruit is a capsule about half a centimeter in length.