Calochortus aureus |
Calochortus subalpinus |
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golden mariposa lily |
Cascade mariposa lily, cat's ear lily, mountain cat's ear, mountain mariposa, subalpine mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |
Stems | usually not branching or twisted, 1–3 dm. |
usually not branching, straight or flexuous, often scapelike, 0.5–3 dm. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal 1–3 dm × 2–15 mm, usually equaling or exceeding stem length; blade flat, adaxial surface glabrous. |
Inflorescences | erect, subumbellate, 1–4-flowered; bracts unequal at base of inflorescence, 1–6 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, unequal, 1–5 cm, apex acuminate; peduncle slender, becoming stouter, deflexed in fruit. |
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. |
erect or spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals typically with purple glandular blotch near base, oblong-lanceolate, shorter than petals, adaxial surface minutely hairy, apex acute to acuminate; petals yellowish white, sometimes lavender-tinged, frequently with narrow purple crescent distal to gland, broadly obovate, cuneate, moderately bearded nearly to apex, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins fringed, apex obtuse or acute; glands transversely oblong, arched upward, ± deeply depressed, bordered proximally by narrow, ascending, deeply fringed membrane, distally by narrow, crenate membranes, gland surface with rather long, slender hairs toward distal portion; anthers lanceolate, apex long-apiculate. |
Capsules | erect, light tan to light brown, linear-lanceoloid, 3-angled, ca. 2.5–5 cm, apex acuminate. |
nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid, apex usually acute. |
Seeds | light yellow, flat. |
pale yellow. |
2n | = 32. |
= 20. |
Calochortus aureus |
Calochortus subalpinus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Dry sandy–clayey places | Open forest in loose volcanic soils |
Elevation | 1200–2000 m (3900–6600 ft) | 1000–2200 m (3300–7200 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; UT
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OR; WA
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 126. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. nuttallii var. aureus | C. lobbii |
Name authority | S. Watson: Amer. Naturalist 7: 303. (1873) | Piper: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 195. (1906) |
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