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Hooveria is a genus of perennial bulbous plants in the Agavaceae family native to California and northwest Baja California. They are among a number of taxa referred to as amole (having detergent properties). They are characterized by diurnal flowering and were formerly placed in the genus Chlorogalum, which consists of vespertine flowering species. They are named in honor of Robert F. Hoover, a field botanist from California who was responsible for founding the botanical garden and herbarium at California State Polytechnic College.
The genus is disjunct in distribution. The northern species, Hooveria purpurea is native to Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties, where it is found in foothill woodland areas. The second species, Hooveria parviflora, is found in southeastern Los Angeles and southwest Riverside counties, but is primarily distributed in coastal Orange County and San Diego County, crossing over the border into extreme northwestern Baja California, and it grows in open clearings of chaparral, coastal sage scrub, grassland and open woodlands.
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