Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus macrocarpus |
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elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily |
green-banded star tulip, sagebrush mariposa lily |
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Stems | 5–20 cm long, flexuous, usually not branching. |
20–55 cm long. |
Leaves | basal leaves broadly linear, 10–20 cm long, glabrous, persistent. |
basal leaves linear, 5–10 cm long, glaucous; margins revolute, withering. |
Inflorescences | 1–7-flowered; bracts lanceolate; to approximately 3 mm long. |
1–2-flowered. |
Flowers | sepals lanceolate, ovatelanceolate, or elliptic, 12–16 mm long; inner surface somewhat papillate; petals oblanceolate, 10–20 mm long; upper portion of inner surface white; lower portion purple; entire inner surface densely hairy; filaments to 4 mm long; anthers to 5 mm long, white or purple; long acuminate. |
sepals lanceolate, 40–50 mm long; petals obovate, 40–60 mm long, white to pink or purple, with a chevron or crescent or not; lower 33% of inner petal with yellow scattered hairs; outer petal surface with distinct green band; nectary depressed, triangular; filaments 8–9 mm long; anthers to 10 mm long, pink to light purple. |
Fruits | nodding, 2 × 2 cm, winged. |
erect; lance-linear, 5–10 mm wide. |
Seeds | irregular-shaped, light purple. |
wafer-like; straw-colored. |
2n | =20. |
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Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus macrocarpus |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Northwestern US. 3 varieties; 2 varieties treated in Flora. Calochortus elegans is reported to hybridize with C. subalpinus in a small geographic area (Lane-Douglas County border) where their ranges overlap. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 293 Frank Callahan |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 295 Frank Callahan |
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