Bloomeria | |
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Bloomeria crocea near Pomona, California | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
clade: | Angiosperms |
clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Brodiaeoideae |
Genus: | Bloomeria Kellogg |
Bloomeria, a geophyte in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae,[1], was named for H. G. Bloomer (1821–1874) an early San Francisco botanist. It consists of three species of California and Baja California: