Calochortus longebarbatus |
Calochortus tolmiei |
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long-bearded mariposa lily, long-haired star tulip |
Tolmie's cat's ear |
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Stems | 10–20 cm long. |
10–40 cm long, usually branching. |
Leaves | with bulblets present in axils; basal leaves 20–30 cm long; cauline leaves 1–2. |
basal leaves 10–40 cm long, tapering at both ends, rarely producing bulbs in leaf axils. |
Inflorescences | 1–5-flowered; bracts to 6 cm long. |
flowers 1–5 or moreflowered; bracts 2 or more, linear-lanceolate; to 7 cm long, |
Flowers | sepals ovate-lanceolate, 15–20 mm long, acuminate; petals obovate, pink to purple, 20–30 mm long, irregularly toothed at tip, dark red chevron above nectary gland, with sparse long hairs near nectary; nectary centered well away from the petal edges; filaments to 10 mm long; anthers approximately 4 mm long; short pointed. |
sepals 10–15 mm long, acuminate; petals obovate or wedge-shaped, 12–25 mm long, white above and purple near nectary; inner surface with dense simple hairs throughout; nectary lunate; membrane crested with 2 rows of short hairs; margins well away from petal edges; filaments to 8 mm long; anthers lanceolate to 5 mm long, white, pink, or purple. |
Fruits | erect, broadly elliptic, 20–30 mm long, sharply pointed at tip, winged. |
nodding, elliptic-oblong, 20–30 mm long, winged. |
Seeds | irregular-shaped, light brown. |
irregular-shaped, purple; aging to brown. |
2n | =20. |
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Calochortus longebarbatus |
Calochortus tolmiei |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Grasslands, forests, gravelly slopes. Flowering Mar–Jul. 0–2300m. Casc, CR, Est, Sisk, WV. CA. Native. Calochortus tolmiei is a highly variable species, which has resulted in many populations being described as distinct taxa (and subsequently “lumped” or synonymized back into the overall species concept). Calochortus tolmiei is known to hybridize with C. uniflorus. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 295 Frank Callahan |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 296 Frank Callahan |
Sibling taxa | ||
Subordinate taxa | ||
Synonyms | Calochortus maweanus, Calochortus purdyi | |
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