Calochortus bruneaunis |
Calochortus raichei |
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Bruneau mariposa lily, pinyon mariposa |
cedars fairy lantern, cedars mariposa lily, The Cedars 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 not branching distal to base, 1–10 dm, conspicuously glaucous. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal 3–4 dm; blade linear, attenuate, channeled, conspicuously glaucous. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered; bracts 2–4 cm. |
1–2-flowered; bracts paired, opposite. |
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, grayish mauve to pale green, broadly lanceolate, 1–2.5 cm, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals pale yellow, obovate, 2–4.5 cm, adaxial surface moderately hairy from gland to apex, margins moderately ciliate to apex, apex acuminate to acute; glands depressed, with long, thin, distal hairs; filaments 7–9 mm; anthers ± oblong, 6 mm, apex obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, linear-lanceoloid, angled, 3–7 cm, apex acuminate. |
nodding, ridged, not winged, oblong, 2–4 cm, apex acute. |
Seeds | yellow, flat. |
dark brown, irregular. |
2n | = 14. |
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Calochortus bruneaunis |
Calochortus raichei |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Dry brushy, grassy slopes, flats, pinyon-juniper woodlands | Exposed serpentine soil in open woodlands |
Elevation | 900–3000 m (3000–9800 ft) | less than 300 m (less than 1000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT
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CA |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Calochortus raichei is known only from the headwaters area of Big Austin Creek, Sonoma County. It is threatened by mining activities. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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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) | Farwig & V. Girard: Herbertia 43(1): 3, figs. 1, 2. (1987) |
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