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Chlorogalum parviflorum
S. Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 14: 243. 1879.
Laothoë parviflora (S. Watson) Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 91. 1904
Bulbs 4—7 cm, tunic dark brown, membranous. Leaves 1—2 dm × 3—9 mm, margins undulate. Panicles 3—9 dm, branches usually ascending, erect. Flowers diurnal, closing after 1 day, 2 or more per axil; tepals spreading from above base, white or pinkish, with darker midvein, subrotate, 7—8 mm; stamens 3—4 mm, shorter than tepals; anthers yellow, 1.5—2 mm; pollen yellow; style 7—9 mm, longer than tepals; pedicels typically 2 or more in axil of each bract, slender, 2—8 mm, usually shorter than perianth. Capsules 3—4 mm. 2n = 60.
Flowering May--Aug. Dry open areas of coastal sage scrub; 0--800 m; Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).
