Calochortus clavatus |
Calochortus coeruleus |
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club hair mariposa, clubhair mariposa lily, slender mariposa lily |
beavertail-grass, blue cat's ear, blue star tulip |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |||||||||||||||||
Stems | slender or coarse, stout, branching or not, strongly flexuous, 3–10 dm. |
not branching, 0.3–2 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 4–8 cm, bases dilated. |
1–10-flowered. |
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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 to spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals oblong-lanceolate, ca. 10 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals light blue, obovate, 8–12 mm, adaxial surface hairy only distal to gland, margins ciliate to apex, apex acuminate; glands slightly depressed, bordered proximally by ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs; anthers oblong, apex acute to acuminate. |
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Capsules | erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 6–9 cm, apex acuminate. |
nodding, not winged, 1–2 cm, apex acute. |
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Seeds | light yellow, translucent, flat. |
irregular. |
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2n | = 16. |
= 20. |
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Calochortus clavatus |
Calochortus coeruleus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Open gravelly places in woods | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 600–2500 m (2000–8200 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 coeruleus appears to intergrade with C. tolmiei to some extent, especially in petal ciliation (K. L. Chambers, pers. comm.), and it might better be treated as a variety of the latter, more widespread species. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 138. | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa clavata | Cyclobothra coerulea, C. coeruleus var. fimbriatus, C. maweanus | ||||||||||||||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 265. (1879) | (Kellogg) S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 263. (1879) | ||||||||||||||||
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