Calochortus bruneaunis |
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Bruneau mariposa lily, pinyon mariposa |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. |
Stems | usually not branching or twisted, 1–4 dm. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered; bracts 2–4 cm. |
Flower | erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals with dark red or purple blotch near base, lanceolate, 1–4 cm, usually glabrous, apex acuminate; petals white tinged with lilac, with longitudinal median green stripe on abaxial surface and dark red or purple crescent distal to gland, narrowly obovate, 2–4 cm, ± glabrous; glands surrounded by yellow border, round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, unbranched or distally branching hairs; filaments 5–6 mm; anthers yellow, blue, or maroon, oblong, 5–7 mm, apex obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, linear-lanceoloid, angled, 3–7 cm, apex acuminate. |
Seeds | yellow, flat. |
2n | = 14. |
Calochortus bruneaunis |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. |
Habitat | Dry brushy, grassy slopes, flats, pinyon-juniper woodlands |
Elevation | 900–3000 m (3000–9800 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT
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Source | FNA vol. 26. |
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Synonyms | C. nuttallii var. bruneaunis |
Name authority | A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride: Bot. Gaz. 55: 372. (1913) |
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