Calochortus bruneaunis |
Calochortus amabilis |
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Bruneau mariposa lily, pinyon mariposa |
Diogenes' lantern, golden fairy lantern |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |
Stems | usually not branching or twisted, 1–4 dm. |
usually branching distal to base, 1–5 dm, slightly glaucous. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal persistent, 20–50 cm; blade linear, flat, slightly glaucous. |
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, globular; sepals spreading, ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–2 cm; petals deep yellow, with brown abaxial blotch, widely lanceolate, 1.6–2 cm, densely ciliate throughout, adaxial surface glabrous or with a few hairs near gland; glands deeply depressed, bordered distally by band of hairs; filaments longer than anthers; anthers oblong, apex obtuse or acute. |
Capsules | erect, linear-lanceoloid, angled, 3–7 cm, apex acuminate. |
nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
Seeds | yellow, flat. |
dark brown, irregular. |
2n | = 14. |
= 20. |
Calochortus bruneaunis |
Calochortus amabilis |
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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 or brush |
Elevation | 900–3000 m (3000–9800 ft) | 100–1000 m (300–3300 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. 124. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. nuttallii var. bruneaunis | |
Name authority | A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride: Bot. Gaz. 55: 372. (1913) | Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 119, plate 19, fig. 1. (1901) |
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