Calochortus bruneaunis |
Calochortus albus |
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Bruneau mariposa lily, pinyon mariposa |
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, 1–4 dm. |
usually branching, 20–80 cm. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal persistent, 3–7 dm; blade linear, flat. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered; bracts 2–4 cm. |
2–many-flowered. |
Flower(s) | 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. |
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, linear-lanceoloid, angled, 3–7 cm, apex acuminate. |
nodding, winged, oblong, 2–4 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
Seeds | yellow, flat. |
dark brown, irregular. |
2n | = 14. |
= 20. |
Calochortus bruneaunis |
Calochortus albus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Dry brushy, grassy slopes, flats, pinyon-juniper woodlands | Shaded places in open woods and brush |
Elevation | 900–3000 m (3000–9800 ft) | 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; 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. bruneaunis | Cyclobothra alba, C. albus var. rubellus |
Name authority | A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride: Bot. Gaz. 55: 372. (1913) | (Bentham) Douglas ex Bentham: Botanist 2: no. 98. (1838) |
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