Calochortus clavatus |
Calochortus catalinae |
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club hair mariposa, clubhair mariposa lily, slender mariposa lily |
Catalina mariposa, Catalina mariposa-lily, Santa Catalina mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | ||||||||||||||||
Stems | slender or coarse, stout, branching or not, strongly flexuous, 3–10 dm. |
usually branching distally, ± flexuous, 2–6 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal withering, 1–3 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 4–8 cm, bases dilated. |
1–few-flowered; bracts opposite pedicel, 2–10 cm. |
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Flowers | erect; perianth open, cup-shaped; sepals usually with red-brown blotch at base, lanceolate-ovate, 2–4 cm, apex acute; petals lemon to golden yellow, with transverse line distal to gland, broadly cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm; glands round, deeply depressed, densely covered with short hairs with branching, coralline tips, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane and club-shaped hairs; filaments ca. 10 mm; anthers purplish brown, oblong, 4–10 mm. |
erect; perianth open, broadly campanulate; sepals with purple blotch near base, lanceolate, 2–3 cm, apex acuminate; petals white tinged with lilac, with purple blotch near base, usually obovate, ± concave, 2–5 cm, glabrous except few hairs near base, apex obtuse; glands oblong, not depressed, densely hairy, hairs branching; filaments 8–10 mm; anthers lilac, oblong, 4–5 mm. |
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Capsules | erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 6–9 cm, apex acuminate. |
erect, narrow-oblong, rounded in cross section, 2–5 cm, apex obtuse. |
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Seeds | light yellow, translucent, flat. |
light yellow, translucent, flat. |
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2n | = 16. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus clavatus |
Calochortus catalinae |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–early summer. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Heavy soil, open grassy slopes, openings in brush | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | less than 700 m (less than 2300 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | Varieties 5 (5 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Calochortus catalinae is increasingly threatened by habitat loss. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 138. | FNA vol. 26, p. 131. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa clavata | Mariposa catalinae | ||||||||||||||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 265. (1879) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 268. (1879) | ||||||||||||||||
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