Chlorogalum
E822127
Chlorogalum is a small genus of bulb-forming flowering plants native to western North America, commonly known as soap plants or soap lilies for their saponin-rich bulbs historically used as a soap substitute.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chlorogalum canonical | 1 |
| Chlorogalum angustifolium | 1 |
| Chlorogalum grandiflorum | 1 |
| Chlorogalum parviflorum | 1 |
| Chlorogalum pomeridianum | 1 |
| Chlorogalum purpureum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9799882 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chlorogalum Context triple: [Agavoideae, containsTaxon, Chlorogalum]
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A.
Sarcomphalus
Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Xanthotis
Xanthotis is a genus of honeyeaters, a group of nectar-feeding passerine birds native to Australasia.
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C.
Eranthis
Eranthis is a small genus of early-flowering perennial plants, commonly known as winter aconites, valued for their bright yellow blooms that appear in late winter or early spring.
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D.
Acradenia
Acradenia is a small genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, native to Australia and known for its aromatic foliage.
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E.
Ceratocapnos
Ceratocapnos is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order, known for its delicate, climbing or scrambling herbs with finely divided leaves and tubular, spurred flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chlorogalum Target entity description: Chlorogalum is a small genus of bulb-forming flowering plants native to western North America, commonly known as soap plants or soap lilies for their saponin-rich bulbs historically used as a soap substitute.
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A.
Sarcomphalus
Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Xanthotis
Xanthotis is a genus of honeyeaters, a group of nectar-feeding passerine birds native to Australasia.
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C.
Eranthis
Eranthis is a small genus of early-flowering perennial plants, commonly known as winter aconites, valued for their bright yellow blooms that appear in late winter or early spring.
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D.
Acradenia
Acradenia is a small genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, native to Australia and known for its aromatic foliage.
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E.
Ceratocapnos
Ceratocapnos is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order, known for its delicate, climbing or scrambling herbs with finely divided leaves and tubular, spurred flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bulbCharacteristic | saponin-rich bulbs ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Monocots ⓘ
linked to:
Liliopsida
|
| containsCompound | saponins ⓘ |
| family | Asparagaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pale violet
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| floweringTime | often evening or night-blooming ⓘ |
| geophyte | true ⓘ |
| growthForm | bulb-forming perennial herb ⓘ |
| habitat |
chaparral
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ oak woodland ⓘ open coniferous forest ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
amole
ⓘ
soap lily ⓘ soap plant ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType | branched raceme ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafCharacteristic | wavy-margined leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | basal rosette of leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Baja California
ⓘ
California ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Oregon ⓘ western North America ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Chlorogalum angustifolium
ⓘ
linked to:
Chlorogalum
Chlorogalum grandiflorum ⓘ
linked to:
Chlorogalum
Chlorogalum parviflorum ⓘ
linked to:
Chlorogalum
Chlorogalum pomeridianum ⓘ
linked to:
Chlorogalum
Chlorogalum purpureum ⓘ
linked to:
Chlorogalum
|
| order | Asparagales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| regionEndemism | California Floristic Province ⓘ |
| reproduction | flowering plant ⓘ |
| soilPreference |
rocky soils
ⓘ
well-drained soils ⓘ |
| subfamily | Agavoideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tepalCharacteristic | narrow spreading tepals ⓘ |
| traditionalUse |
fish poison
ⓘ
food after special preparation ⓘ shampoo ⓘ soap substitute ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Native American peoples of California
ⓘ
linked to:
Indigenous peoples of California
|
| usedFor | ethnobotany studies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Chlorogalum Description of subject: Chlorogalum is a small genus of bulb-forming flowering plants native to western North America, commonly known as soap plants or soap lilies for their saponin-rich bulbs historically used as a soap substitute.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Chlorogalum
linked to: Chlorogalum
linked to: Chlorogalum
linked to: Chlorogalum
linked to: Chlorogalum