PLANTS Profile for Chlorogalum purpureum (purple amole)

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Chlorogalum purpureum Brandegee
purple amole

Symbol:

CHPU2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Chlorogalum purpureum Brandegee

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Distribution:
Chlorogalum purpureum Brandegee


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Chlorogalum purpureum Brandegee

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 5 species in Chlorogalum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Chlorogalum purpureum var. purpureum
purple amole

Chlorogalum purpureum var. reductum
Camatta Canyon amole

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Chlorogalum purpureum Brandegee

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Chlorogalum Kunth – soapplant
Species	Chlorogalum purpureum Brandegee – purple amole

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Chlorogalum purpureum Brandegee

This plant and the related entityitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Unites States:
purple amole		Threatened
California:
Chlorogalum purpureum var. reductum
Camatta Canyon amole		Rare

More Accounts and Images:
Chlorogalum purpureum Brandegee

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42900.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/22/2008 07:46 PM MDT