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Mount Diablo Globelily
Calochortus pulchellus

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Herb: Mount Diablo Globelily

Latin name: Calochortus pulchellus

Family: Calochortaceae

Edible parts of Mount Diablo Globelily:

Bulb - raw or cooked. Rather small, usually smaller than a persons thumb, but easily harvested.

Description of the plant:

Habitat of the herb:

Woody and brushy slopes in chaparral and pine and oak forest above 200 metres.

Propagation of Mount Diablo Globelily:

Seed - sow as soon as ripe or early spring in a cold frame in a very sharply draining medium. Stratification may be helpful. Germination usually takes place within 1 - 6 months at 15°C. Leave the seedlings undisturbed for their first two years growth, but give them an occasional liquid feed to ensure they do not become nutrient deficient. It is quite difficult to get the seedlings through their first period of dormancy since it is all too easy either to dry them out completely or keep them too moist when they will rot. After their second year of growth, pot up the dormant bulbs in late summer and grow them on for at least another 2 years in the greenhouse before trying them outside. Seedlings take about 5 - 7 years to come into flower. Division of the bulbs as soon as the foliage dies down. One report says that the bulbs must be planted into their permanent positions immediately, whilst another says that they can be stored overwinter and replanted in the spring. Stem bulbils, harvested from the stems after flowering. They can be stored cool and dry then planted in pots in the cold frame in the spring.

Cultivation of the herb:

Woody and brushy slopes in chaparral and pine and oak forest above 200 metres.

Medicinal use of Mount Diablo Globelily:

None known

Known hazards of Calochortus pulchellus:

None known

Plant information taken from the Plants For A Future.