Bloomeria crocea

Common goldenstar, Common Goldenstar

Family: Themidaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Common goldenstar is a California native perennial found in southern California coastal and mountain ranges in grassland and chaparral habitats. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces bright yellow flowers with brown midveins, clustered on tall scapes 15 to 70 centimeters high. Growing with a single slender leaf less than 30 centimeters long and 3 to 15 millimeters wide, it emerges from a bulb-like base. Its flowers feature perianth lobes that abruptly spread at the base, with yellow petals marked by distinctive brown central veins. The delicate yellow blossoms are arranged on long pedicels up to 6.5 centimeters in length, creating an elegant display in its native grassland habitats.

California counties: San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Orange, Kern, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Monterey, Merced, Fresno, Stanislaus, San Benito, Kings, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Tulare

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