Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus monophyllus |
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bigpod mariposa |
yellow cat's ear |
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Stems | to 50 cm long. |
8–20 cm long, flexuous. |
Leaves | basal leaves flat; to 30 cm long; bract-like cauline leaf midway up stem. |
basal leaf 1, 10–30 cm long, persistent; cauline leaves 0–3, lanceolate to linear; to 7 cm long. |
Inflorescences | 1–5-flowered; bracts narrow-lanceolate to linear; to 5 cm long, unequal. |
1–6-flowered. |
Flowers | sepals ovate to lanceolate; much shorter than petals; petals obovate; to 45 mm long, white to pink, usually rounded at apex, with a reddish to purple blotch above nectary; nectary crested with long branching yellow hairs, transversely oval; filaments to 10 mm long; anthers to 8 mm long. |
sepals broadly lanceolate, 16–20 mm long; greenish yellow; petals 12–20 mm long; deep yellow; hairy throughout; margins sparsely ciliate; claw with chestnut-colored base; nectary lunate, with branching hairs; filaments to 5 mm long; anthers to 4 mm long, yellow. |
Fruits | erect; to 25 mm long, rounded at apex, with a short beak, winged. |
nodding, widely elliptic, 10–20 mm long, winged. |
Seeds | light yellow. |
irregular-shaped, brown. |
2n | =20. |
=20. |
Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus monophyllus |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Grasslands, scablands, open coniferous forests. Flowering Jun–Aug. 200–2500m. BR, BW, Lava. NV, WA. Native. A disjunct population of this species exists in the Humboldt Mountains of Nevada. |
Conifer forests in mineral soils, sometimes serpentine. Flowering Apr–May. 500–1800m. Casc, Sisk. CA. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 293 Frank Callahan |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 295 Frank Callahan |
Sibling taxa | ||
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