Hooveria purpurea var. purpurea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Hooveria purpurea (Brandegee) D.W. Taylor & D.J. Keil var. purpurea

Santa Lucia purple amole

2017 Heather Schneider

Hooveria purpurea var. purpurea is a perennial herb that is native to California.

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).

Federal status: Threatened.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~6 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Parent:	Hooveria purpurea
Genus:	Hooveria
Family:	Agavaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Information about Hooveria purpurea var. purpurea from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 1B.1 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).