The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California
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Names are linked to treatments from the Manual
Key to CHLOROGALUM
N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.
1.
Flowers open during the day (not opening in the evening)
2.
Perianth white or pinkish; flowers or buds 2 or more per node
C. parviflorum
2'
Perianth deep blue to purple; flowers and buds 1 per node
C. purpureum
3.
Inflorescence 25–40 cm
var. purpureum
3'
Inflorescence 10–20 cm
var. reductum
1'
Flowers opening in the evening
4.
Leaf 2–5 mm wide, flat or nearly so
C. angustifolium
4'
Leaf 4–25 mm wide, margin strongly wavy
5.
Pedicels 2–5 mm, << perianth
C. grandiflorum
5'
Pedicels 5–35 mm, ± = or > perianth
C. pomeridianum
6.
Bulb coats membranous or with few coarse fibers
var. minus
6'
Bulb coats with many coarse fibers
7.
Inflorescence nearly prostrate or branches widely spreading from base, < 40 cm high
var. divaricatum
7'
Inflorescence erect, 50–250 cm high
var. pomeridianum
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