Burke: Calochortus eurycarpus vs. Calochortus tolmiei

	Calochortus eurycarpus	Calochortus tolmiei
	big-pod mariposa lily, wide-fruited mariposa 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 0.5-3 dm. tall, usually branched, slender and flexuous.
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, 1-4 dm. long and 2-30 mm. broad, much longer than the stem; cauline leaf bract-like, attached at the stem branch.
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 usually 1-5 flowered; flowers large, white, cream-colored, or tinged with purple or rose, erect or spreading on slender pedicels which become strongly deflexed in fruit; sepals 3, shorter than the petals, oblong-lanceolate, pointed, glabrous; petals 3, obovate with a wedge-like base, densely bearded on the inner face with long, slender hairs; gland transverse, arched upward, naked, bordered below with a broad, short-fringed membrane and above with one or more series of short, thick processes; stamens 6, style short, stigma trifid and persistent.
Fruits	Capsule 3-winged, elliptic-oblong, erect.	Capsule elliptic, 3-winged, nodding.

	Calochortus eurycarpus	Calochortus tolmiei
Flowering time	June-August	May - June
Habitat	Grasslands and open coniferous forests at moderate elevations.	Open forests, lowland valleys to subalpine
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]	Does not occur in Washington. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP)	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	C. apiculatus, C. elegans, C. longebarbatus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. nitidus, C. subalpinus	C. apiculatus, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. longebarbatus, 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: CA, OR Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, 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

Calochortus eurycarpus

Calochortus tolmiei

big-pod mariposa lily, wide-fruited mariposa 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 0.5-3 dm. tall, usually branched, slender and flexuous.

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, 1-4 dm. long and 2-30 mm. broad, much longer than the stem;

cauline leaf bract-like, attached at the stem branch.

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 usually 1-5 flowered;

flowers large, white, cream-colored, or tinged with purple or rose, erect or spreading on slender pedicels which become strongly deflexed in fruit;

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

petals 3, obovate with a wedge-like base, densely bearded on the inner face with long, slender hairs;

gland transverse, arched upward, naked, bordered below with a broad, short-fringed membrane and above with one or more series of short, thick processes;

stamens 6, style short, stigma trifid and persistent.

Fruits

Capsule 3-winged, elliptic-oblong, erect.

Capsule elliptic, 3-winged, nodding.