Calochortus bruneaunis |
Calochortus nuttallii |
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Bruneau mariposa lily, pinyon mariposa |
sego-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. |
Stems | usually not branching or twisted, 1–4 dm. |
usually not branching or twisted, straight, 1.5–4.5 dm. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
blade linear, becoming involute; basal withering. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered; bracts 2–4 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–4-flowered; bracts congested, unequal. |
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. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals marked similar to petals, usually shorter, lanceolate, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals white, tinged with lilac or infrequently magenta, yellow at base, with reddish brown or purple band or blotch distal to gland, broadly obovate, cuneate, sparsely invested near gland with slender hairs, apex usually short-acuminate; glands round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, unbranched or distally branching hairs; filaments ca. equaling anthers; anthers yellowish or pinkish, oblong, apex obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, linear-lanceoloid, angled, 3–7 cm, apex acuminate. |
erect, linear-lanceoloid, 3-angled, apex acuminate. |
Seeds | yellow, flat. |
flat. |
2n | = 14. |
= 16. |
Calochortus bruneaunis |
Calochortus nuttallii |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | Flowering late spring–late summer. |
Habitat | Dry brushy, grassy slopes, flats, pinyon-juniper woodlands | Dry soils |
Elevation | 900–3000 m (3000–9800 ft) | 700–3300 m (2300–10800 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT
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AZ; CO; ID; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; SD; UT; WY
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 136. |
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) | Torrey: in H. Stansbury, Exped. Great Salt Lake, 397. (1852) |
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