| Bloomeria crocea (Torr.) Coville Common Goldenstars USDA BLCRC |
Cahuilla Food, Unspecified Corms eaten raw any time of the year. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 47 |
| Bloomeria crocea (Torr.) Coville Common Goldenstars USDA BLCRC |
Kawaiisu Other, Fasteners Corms rubbed on metate into an adhesive & spread on seed gathering baskets to close the interstices. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 16 |
| Bloomeria crocea var. aurea (Kellogg) Ingram Common Goldenstars USDA BLCRA |
Luiseno Food, Unspecified Bulb used for food. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 233 |