Calochortus aureus |
Calochortus vestae |
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golden mariposa lily |
Coast Range mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | Plants strongly bulbose; bulb coat membranous. |
Stems | usually not branching or twisted, 1–3 dm. |
usually branching, straight, 3–5 dm. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
Inflorescences | erect, subumbellate, 1–4-flowered; bracts unequal at base of inflorescence, 1–6 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; bracts 2–5 cm. |
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; perianth open, campanulate; sepals linear-lanceolate, attenuate, 2–3 cm; petals white to purplish, streaked red to purple proximal to gland, with median red-brown blotch surrounded by pale yellow zone, cuneate to obovate, 3–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex rounded; glands ± doubly lunate, not depressed, densely covered with short hairs; filaments equaling anthers; anthers oblong-linear, apex obtuse or acute. |
Capsules | erect, light tan to light brown, linear-lanceoloid, 3-angled, ca. 2.5–5 cm, apex acuminate. |
erect, linear, angled, 4–7 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | light yellow, flat. |
light beige, flat, 4–6 mm. |
2n | = 32. |
= 28. |
Calochortus aureus |
Calochortus vestae |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Dry sandy–clayey places | Heavy clay soils in mixed evergreen and pine forests |
Elevation | 1200–2000 m (3900–6600 ft) | 500–900 m (1600–3000 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; UT
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CA |
Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 135. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. nuttallii var. aureus | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Amer. Naturalist 7: 303. (1873) | Purdy: Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 18: 14. (1895) |
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