Key to Bloomeria
View taxon page for Bloomeria
(For a list of species in Bloomeria, use the above link.)
Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.
1. Filaments leaning away from
style, leaving dilated bases separated, not forming cup; style <=
ovary;
leaves 2–8, 1–3 mm wide
..... B. clevelandii 1' Filaments parallel to style, dilated bases forming
nectar cup; style > ovary; leaves 1–2, 3–15 mm wide
2. Scape 5–10 cm;
perianth lobes 
1. A major expansion or bulge, such as on the margin of a leaf, sepal, or petal, or on the surface of an ovary. 2. The free tips of otherwise fused structures, such as sepals or petals; larger than teeth.
ascending 
Curving or angling upward from base, or about 30-60 degrees less than vertical or away from axis of attachment.
at base, gradually
spreading 
Oriented more or less perpendicularly to the axis of attachment; often, more or less horizontal.
above; leaves generally 1–2
..... B. humilis 2' Scape 15–70 cm; perianth lobes abruptly spreading at base; leaves generally 1
..... B. crocea 3' Nectar cup cusps > 1 mm
4. Nectar cup cusps 1–2 mm, < 1/2
filaments, tips
acute 
Having a short-tapered, sharp tip, the sides convex or straight and converging at less than a right angle.
..... var. aurea 4' Nectar cup cusps 3–3.5 mm, ± 1/2 filaments, tips
tapered 
Gradually (not abruptly) narrower or smaller at base or tip.
..... var. montana
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