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Calochortus apiculatus

Calochortus invenustus

Baker's mariposa-lily, point mariposa-lily, point-tip mariposa lily, pointedtip mariposa lily, three-spot mariposa-lily

plain mariposa, plain mariposa lily
Habit Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous.
Stems

usually not branching, straight, scapelike, stout, 1–3 dm.

slender, usually not branching or twisted, 2–5 dm.
Leaves

basal 1–3 dm × 5–15 mm, usually shorter than stem.

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear.
Inflorescences

subumbellate, 1–5-flowered;

bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, unequal, 1–5 cm, apex acuminate;

peduncle stout, becoming strongly deflexed in fruit.

subumbellate, 1–5-flowered;

bracts 2–5 cm.
Flowers

erect or spreading;

perianth yellowish white, sometimes streaked with purple, open, campanulate;

sepals shorter than petals;

petals oblong-lanceolate, clawed, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins fringed laterally and moderately bearded on proximal 1/2 distal to claw with slender, flexuous hairs, apex acute or obtuse;

glands short, nearly round, depressed, typically bordered proximally by dark-colored, deeply fringed membrane, adaxial surface covered with short, thick hairs;

filaments shorter than or equaling anthers;

anthers lanceolate, apex long-apiculate.

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 cm, apex acuminate;

petals white or dull lavender to purplish, with longitudinal median green stripe on adaxial surface and sometimes purplish blotch proximal to gland, cuneate to obovate, 2–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex obtuse to apiculate;

glands ± round, slightly depressed, small, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, distally branching hairs;

filaments 6–7 mm;

anthers purplish or yellowish, oblong, 7–8 mm, apex obtuse.
Capsules

nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid, apex acute.

erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 5–7 cm, apex acute.
Seeds

light brown, irregular.

flat.
2n

= 20.

= 14.

Calochortus apiculatus

Calochortus invenustus
Phenology Flowering summer. Flowering late spring–late summer.
Habitat Dry, rocky slopes in open, coniferous woods Dry soil, usually granitic, usually in montane coniferous forests
Elevation 600–2400 m (2000–7900 ft) 1500–3000 m (4900–9800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
ID; MT; WA; AB; BC
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from FNA
CA
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 127. FNA vol. 26, p. 137.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Calochortus Liliaceae > Calochortus
Sibling taxa
C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, C. amoenus, C. argillosus, C. aureus, C. bruneaunis, C. catalinae, C. clavatus, C. coeruleus, C. concolor, C. coxii, C. dunnii, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. excavatus, C. flexuosus, C. greenei, C. gunnisonii, C. howellii, C. indecorus, C. invenustus, C. kennedyi, C. leichtlinii, C. longebarbatus, C. luteus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. minimus, C. monanthus, C. monophyllus, C. nitidus, C. nudus, C. nuttallii, C. obispoensis, C. palmeri, C. panamintensis, C. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pulchellus, C. raichei, C. simulans, C. splendens, C. striatus, C. subalpinus, C. superbus, C. tiburonensis, C. tolmiei, C. umbellatus, C. umpquaensis, C. uniflorus, C. venustus, C. vestae, C. weedii, C. westonii
C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, C. amoenus, C. apiculatus, C. argillosus, C. aureus, C. bruneaunis, C. catalinae, C. clavatus, C. coeruleus, C. concolor, C. coxii, C. dunnii, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. excavatus, C. flexuosus, C. greenei, C. gunnisonii, C. howellii, C. indecorus, C. kennedyi, C. leichtlinii, C. longebarbatus, C. luteus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. minimus, C. monanthus, C. monophyllus, C. nitidus, C. nudus, C. nuttallii, C. obispoensis, C. palmeri, C. panamintensis, C. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pulchellus, C. raichei, C. simulans, C. splendens, C. striatus, C. subalpinus, C. superbus, C. tiburonensis, C. tolmiei, C. umbellatus, C. umpquaensis, C. uniflorus, C. venustus, C. vestae, C. weedii, C. westonii
Name authority Baker: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 305. (1874) Greene: Pittonia 2: 71. (1890)
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