Calochortus flexuosus |
Calochortus coxii |
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Cox's cat's ear, Cox's mariposa lily |
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Stems | 15–20 cm long, flexuous. |
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Leaves | basal leaves to 30 cm long, with short hairs in lines on adaxial surface, persistent. |
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Inflorescences | 1–5-flowered. |
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Flowers | sepals to 25 mm long; petals to 25 mm long, densely covered with long simple white hairs approximately 50% way to nectary where hairs become yellow; margins somewhat fringed; petal claw with fine penciling/spots (nectary guides); nectary lunate, crested with branching hairs; filaments to 7 mm long; anthers 3–7 mm long; reddish brown, apiculate. |
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Fruits | nodding, 3–4 × approximately 1.5 cm, with a long recurved tip approximately 4 mm, 3 winged. |
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Seeds | light straw-yellow. |
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Calochortus flexuosus |
Calochortus coxii |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Serpentine grasslands and summit balds. Flowering Jun–Jul. 200–800m. Sisk. Native. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 293 Frank Callahan |
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