Chlorogalum pomeridianum
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Chlorogalum pomeridianum, Kunth (Anthericum californicum, Hort.). Soap-plant. Amole. St. reaching 5 ft., many branched, from a very large bulb: fls. small (1 in. or less long) and star-like, numerous, white with purple veins, on spreading pedicels, opening in the afternoon (hence the specific name: pomeridianus, post-meridian). —Bulb used by Indians and Mexicans for soap-making. Has been catalogued as Anthericum californicum. Bulb 4 in. long and half as thick, covered with coarse brown fibers. CH
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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