User:Rachelcat11/Hooveria purpurea
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[edit]Description
[edit]The blooming period of the Hooveria purpurea is from May to June.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The name Hooveria is named after California botanist Robert Francis Hoover, who contributed greatly to the discovery of many California flora. Hoover was the author of The Vascular Plants of San Luis Obispo County, California, and founder of the herbarium at California Polytechnic State University.[2]
Ecology and Distribution
[edit]The Hooveria purpurea grows in woodland areas of Southern Monterey and San Luis Obispo California coastline. Hooviera purpurea var. reducta is endemic to the Santa Lucia Range of Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties. It grows on highly weathered, rocky, reddish clay soils in foothill woodland areas near the south-central San Luis Obispo County.[2]
References
[edit]https://www.calflora.org//entry/plantchar.html?crn=14298
https://www.phytoneuron.net/2018Phytoneuron/67PhytoN-Hooveria.pdf
- ^ "Plant Characteristics and Associations - Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ a b TAYLOR, DEAN; KEIL, DAVID. "HOOVERIA, A NEW GENUS LIBERATED FROM CHLOROGALUM (AGAVACEAE SUBF. CHLOROGALOIDEAE)" (PDF). HOOVERIA, A NEW GENUS LIBERATED FROM CHLOROGALUM. 1–6.