Soap Plant / Amole (Chlorogalum pomeridianum)

3/14/08 Off paved section of Forest Service road from Tenaja Trail, Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA

12/30/18 Manzanita Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, 
Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

12/30/18 Manzanita Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, 
Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

3/24/19 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, 
Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

3/24/19 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, 
Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Soap Plant / Amole

SPECIES: Chlorogalum pomeridianum 

FAMILY: Agavaceae (Century Plant Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/14/2008

LOCATION: Off paved section of Forest Service road from Tenaja Trail, Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Bulb 7–15 cm; coat thick, fibers coarse (except var. minus ), brown

Leaf 20–70 cm, 6–25 mm wide; margins generally wavy

Inflorescence highly branched; pedicels 5–25(35) mm, slender, ± = perianth

Flower opening in evening, closing by next morning; perianth segments spreading, 15–25 mm, linear, white with green or purple midvein, recurved at flower; stamens < perianth, anthers ± 2 mm, purple or yellow, pollen yellow or cream; style 10–15 mm, < to > perianth

Fruit 5–7 mm, spheric to slightly lobed

Ecology: Bluffs, grassland, chaparral, dry open woodland

Elevation: < 1500 m.  

Bioregional distribution: Northwestern California, Sierra Nevada Foothills, w Great Central Valley, Central Western California, Southwestern California  

Distribution outside California: sw Oregon