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Calochortus macrocarpus

Calochortus vestae
Calochortus macrocarpus

sagebrush mariposa lily, green-banded star-tulip
Habit Perennial herb from a deep-seated bulb, the stem erect, stout, unbranched, 2-7 dm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves linear, concave-convex, reduced upward, becoming strongly involute and curled at the tip.

Flowers

Umbels 1-3 flowered;

flowers large, lavender to white, erect, each petal with a median green stripe;

sepals 3, longer than the petals, narrowly lanceolate, pointed;

petals 3, obovate, moderately bearded above the gland;

gland triangular-oblong, surrounded with a broad, fringed membrane, and densely covered with slender processes;

stamens 6, style tapered, stigma trifid, persistent.

Fruits

Capsule linear-lanceolate, 3-angled, pointed.

Calochortus macrocarpus

Calochortus vestae
Flowering time May-July
Habitat Dry open forests, hillsides, grasslands and sagebrush, low to moderate elevations.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Nevada.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. apiculatus, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. longebarbatus, C. lyallii, C. nitidus, C. subalpinus
C. apiculatus, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. longebarbatus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. nitidus, C. subalpinus
Subordinate taxa
C. macrocarpus var. macrocarpus, C. macrocarpus var. maculosus
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