Calochortus aureus |
Calochortus albus |
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golden mariposa lily |
fairy-lantern, white fairy-lantern, white globe-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |
Stems | usually not branching or twisted, 1–3 dm. |
usually branching, 20–80 cm. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal persistent, 3–7 dm; blade linear, flat. |
Inflorescences | erect, subumbellate, 1–4-flowered; bracts unequal at base of inflorescence, 1–6 cm. |
2–many-flowered. |
Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals with maroon blotch distal to gland, broadly lanceolate, 1–4 cm, apex acuminate; petals lemon yellow, with maroon blotch distal to gland, broadly obovate, cuneate, 3–3.5 cm, ± glabrous or with a few lemon-yellow hairs near gland; glands round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membranes, densely covered with short, unbranched or distally branching hairs; filaments ca. equaling anthers; anthers yellowish cream, oblong, apex obtuse. |
nodding; perianth ± closed at apex, ± oblong; sepals appressed to petals, ovate to lanceolate, 10–15 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals usually white to pink, ± elliptic, 20–25 mm, sparsely ciliate, hairs distal to gland slender; glands ± depressed, proximal ciliate membrane 1/3–2/3 petal width; filaments equaling anthers; anthers oblong, apex obtuse or acute. |
Capsules | erect, light tan to light brown, linear-lanceoloid, 3-angled, ca. 2.5–5 cm, apex acuminate. |
nodding, winged, oblong, 2–4 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
Seeds | light yellow, flat. |
dark brown, irregular. |
2n | = 32. |
= 20. |
Calochortus aureus |
Calochortus albus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Dry sandy–clayey places | Shaded places in open woods and brush |
Elevation | 1200–2000 m (3900–6600 ft) | 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; UT
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CA
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 123. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. nuttallii var. aureus | Cyclobothra alba, C. albus var. rubellus |
Name authority | S. Watson: Amer. Naturalist 7: 303. (1873) | (Bentham) Douglas ex Bentham: Botanist 2: no. 98. (1838) |
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