Calochortus bruneaunis |
Calochortus subalpinus |
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Bruneau mariposa lily, pinyon mariposa |
Cascade mariposa lily, cat's ear lily, mountain cat's ear, mountain mariposa, subalpine mariposa-lily |
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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, straight or flexuous, often scapelike, 0.5–3 dm. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal 1–3 dm × 2–15 mm, usually equaling or exceeding stem length; blade flat, adaxial surface glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 1–4-flowered; bracts 2–4 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, unequal, 1–5 cm, apex acuminate; peduncle slender, becoming stouter, deflexed in fruit. |
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 or spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals typically with purple glandular blotch near base, oblong-lanceolate, shorter than petals, adaxial surface minutely hairy, apex acute to acuminate; petals yellowish white, sometimes lavender-tinged, frequently with narrow purple crescent distal to gland, broadly obovate, cuneate, moderately bearded nearly to apex, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins fringed, apex obtuse or acute; glands transversely oblong, arched upward, ± deeply depressed, bordered proximally by narrow, ascending, deeply fringed membrane, distally by narrow, crenate membranes, gland surface with rather long, slender hairs toward distal portion; anthers lanceolate, apex long-apiculate. |
Capsules | erect, linear-lanceoloid, angled, 3–7 cm, apex acuminate. |
nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid, apex usually acute. |
Seeds | yellow, flat. |
pale yellow. |
2n | = 14. |
= 20. |
Calochortus bruneaunis |
Calochortus subalpinus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Dry brushy, grassy slopes, flats, pinyon-juniper woodlands | Open forest in loose volcanic soils |
Elevation | 900–3000 m (3000–9800 ft) | 1000–2200 m (3300–7200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT
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OR; WA
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 126. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. nuttallii var. bruneaunis | C. lobbii |
Name authority | A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride: Bot. Gaz. 55: 372. (1913) | Piper: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 195. (1906) |
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