Bloomeria clevelandii

San diego goldenstar, San Diego Goldenstar

Family: Themidaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1

San diego goldenstar is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native perennial found in southern coastal Southern California in southwestern San Diego County's coastal scrub and mesa grassland habitats at elevations below 100 meters. Flowering in May, this plant produces bright yellow flowers with green midveins on slender stems. Growing with a tall scape 15 to 70 centimeters high, it develops distinctive linear leaves 2 to 8 in number, each 6 to 15 centimeters long and extremely narrow at 1 to 3 millimeters wide. Its flower perianth lobes spread abruptly at the base, measuring 5 to 10 millimeters long with delicate yellow petals. The flower's anthers and filaments create an elegant structural arrangement, with filaments 3 to 5 millimeters long leaning away from the central style.

Habitat: Coastal scrub, mesa grassland

Bloom period: May

Elevation: < 100 m

Bioregions: s SCo (sw San Diego Co.)

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.