Calochortus bruneaunis |
Calochortus persistens |
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Bruneau mariposa lily, pinyon mariposa |
Siskiyou mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |
Stems | usually not branching or twisted, 1–4 dm. |
not branching, ca. 1 dm. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal persistent, ca. 2 dm; blade lanceolate, tapering at base, flat. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered; bracts 2–4 cm. |
subumbellate, 2-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. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals smaller than petals; petals pink to light purplish, obovate, 35–40 mm, adaxial surface hairy only distal to gland, margins yellow-ciliate; glands bordered proximally by wide, ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs; anthers lanceolate, apex apiculate. |
Capsules | erect, linear-lanceoloid, angled, 3–7 cm, apex acuminate. |
nodding, winged, ellipsoid, ca. 1 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | yellow, flat. |
irregular. |
2n | = 14. |
= 20. |
Calochortus bruneaunis |
Calochortus persistens |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | Flowering late spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Dry brushy, grassy slopes, flats, pinyon-juniper woodlands | Open areas in rocky soils |
Elevation | 900–3000 m (3000–9800 ft) | 1000–1500 m (3300–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT
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CA
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Calochortus persistens is restricted to the Klamath and Cascade ranges in Siskiyou County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 131. |
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) | Ownbey: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 448, plate 38, figs. 1, 2. (1940) |
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