{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |taxon = Bloomeria crocea |image = Bloomeria crocea.jpg |image_caption = ''Bloomeria crocea'' near Pomona, California |authority = (Torr.) Coville }} [[File:Bloomeria crocea (golden-stars).jpg|thumb|''Bloomeria crocea'', Santa Monica Mountains ]]

'''''Bloomeria crocea''''', also known as '''goldenstar''', is a geophyte from southern California and northern Baja California. It is found along hillsides, in grassland and chaparral edges, and in dry flats.

==Description== The corms of ''Bloomeria crocea'' have a fibrous exterior and usually produces only one leaf. Plants produce six-petaled golden flowers that are clustered in a loose umbel. When the three-lobed stigma is fertilized, ''Bloomeria'' produces capsules that contain small black seeds. The seeds then require three to four years to become a mature plant.

==Distribution== Growing in full sun, ''Bloomeria crocea'' prefers porous soil and semi-dry conditions, in the Peninsular, Transverse, and southern California Coast Ranges, and on the Channel Islands. Its distribution is found along the southern coast from Santa Barbara County and western Kern County, through Southern California, down into Baja California.

==Varieties== Three varieties are currently recognised:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bloomeria crocea (Torr.) Coville {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531926-1 |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref> *''B.&nbsp;crocea'' var. ''aurea'' *''B.&nbsp;crocea'' var. ''crocea'' *''B.&nbsp;crocea'' var. ''montana''

==References== {{Reflist}} *Growing California Native Plants. 1980. Marjorie G. Schmidt. *"The Jepson Manual," Jepson Flora Project, Jepson Interchange. Copyright © 1993 by the Regents of the University of California [web application]. Treatment at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8435,8436

==External links== {{commons category|Bloomeria crocea}} *[https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=15764 Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Bloomeria crocea''] *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Bloomeria+crocea ''Bloomeria crocea'' - Photo Gallery]

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crocea Category:Flora of California<!---for regions not below---> Category:Flora of Baja California Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Category:Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains Category:Taxa named by John Torrey Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status