CALIFORNIA NATIVE GEOPHYTES

GEOPHYTES (EARTH PLANTS) ARE PLANTS THAT SPEND PART OF THE YEAR IN A STATE OF DORMANCY, STORING THEIR ENERGY IN UNDERGROUND ORGANS.

BULBS

WILD ONIONS Allium 

STAR TULIPS, GLOBE LILIES, AND MARIPOSA LILIES Calochortus 

CAMAS Camassia

SOAP PLANTS Chlorogalum 

FRITILLARIES Fritillaria

TRUE LILIES Lilium

STAR LILIES Zigadenus

CORMS

BRODIAEAS Brodiaea, Dichelostemma, and Triteleia

FAWN LILIES Erythronium

RHIZOMES 

STREAM ORCHID Epipactis gigantea

TUBERS

TRILLIUMS Trillium