Burke: Calochortus eurycarpus vs. Calochortus longebarbatus

	Calochortus eurycarpus	Calochortus longebarbatus
	big-pod mariposa lily, wide-fruited mariposa lily	long-bearded sego-lily
Habit	Perennial herb from a deep-seated bulb, the stem erect, 1-5 dm. tall.	Perennial herb from a deep-seated bulb, the stem erect, 1-5 dm. tall.
Leaves	Basal leaf flat, 1-3 dm. long and 5-25 mm. broad, exceeded by the inflorescence; single, bract-like cauline leaf about mid-stem.	Basal leaf flat, 2-3 dm. long and 5-10 mm. broad, shorter than the inflorescence; cauline leaf nearly basal, with a bulblet in the axil.
Flowers	Umbel 1-5 flowered, the flowers creamy white to lavender, with a conspicuous red-purple blotch in the middle of each petal; sepals 3, broadly lanceolate, much shorter than the petals; petals 3, obovate, wedge-shaped; gland triangular, bordered below with a narrow, fringed membrane and above with a narrower membrane with rounded teeth, the enclosed surface densely covered with long, yellowish processes; stamens 6, in 2 series; style short, stigma trifid, persistent.	Umbel 1-3 flowered; flowers lavender-pink, with a deep purplish-red band on each petal just above the gland, erect on slender pedicels; sepals 3, shorter than the petals, lanceolate, pointed, glabrous; petals 3, broadly obovate, wedge-shaped; gland transversely oblong, the surface naked, bordered below with a broad, deeply fringed membrane and above with a band of short, thick processes; stamens 6, in 2 series; style short, stigma trifid, persistent.
Fruits	Capsule 3-winged, elliptic-oblong, erect.	Capsule nearly orbicular, 3-winged, erect.

	Calochortus eurycarpus	Calochortus longebarbatus
Flowering time	June-August	June-July
Habitat	Grasslands and open coniferous forests at moderate elevations.	Open meadows, low to middle elevations.
Distribution	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in southeastern Washington; southeastern Washington to eastern Oregon, east to Montana and Wyoming. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Yakima and Klickitat counties in Washington; south-central Washington to northern California. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP)	Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa	C. apiculatus, C. elegans, C. longebarbatus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. nitidus, C. subalpinus	C. apiculatus, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. nitidus, C. subalpinus
Web links	Local floras: OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Calochortus eurycarpus

Calochortus longebarbatus

big-pod mariposa lily, wide-fruited mariposa lily

long-bearded sego-lily

Habit

Perennial herb from a deep-seated bulb, the stem erect, 1-5 dm. tall.

Leaves

Basal leaf flat, 1-3 dm. long and 5-25 mm. broad, exceeded by the inflorescence; single, bract-like cauline leaf about mid-stem.

Basal leaf flat, 2-3 dm. long and 5-10 mm. broad, shorter than the inflorescence;

cauline leaf nearly basal, with a bulblet in the axil.

Flowers

Umbel 1-5 flowered, the flowers creamy white to lavender, with a conspicuous red-purple blotch in the middle of each petal;

sepals 3, broadly lanceolate, much shorter than the petals;

petals 3, obovate, wedge-shaped;

gland triangular, bordered below with a narrow, fringed membrane and above with a narrower membrane with rounded teeth, the enclosed surface densely covered with long, yellowish processes;

stamens 6, in 2 series;

style short, stigma trifid, persistent.

Umbel 1-3 flowered;

flowers lavender-pink, with a deep purplish-red band on each petal just above the gland, erect on slender pedicels;

sepals 3, shorter than the petals, lanceolate, pointed, glabrous;

petals 3, broadly obovate, wedge-shaped;

gland transversely oblong, the surface naked, bordered below with a broad, deeply fringed membrane and above with a band of short, thick processes;

stamens 6, in 2 series;

style short, stigma trifid, persistent.

Fruits

Capsule 3-winged, elliptic-oblong, erect.

Capsule nearly orbicular, 3-winged, erect.