Calochortus clavatus |
Calochortus dunnii |
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club hair mariposa, clubhair mariposa lily, slender mariposa lily |
Dunn's mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | Plants rarely bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | ||||||||||||||||
Stems | slender or coarse, stout, branching or not, strongly flexuous, 3–10 dm. |
slender, usually branching, ± straight, 2–6 dm. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear-attenuate, channeled. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 4–8 cm, bases dilated. |
2–6-flowered; bracts 1–2 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, campanulate; sepals lanceolate-ovate, 1–2 cm; petals white, usually flushed pink, with red-brown blotch distal to gland, obovate to cuneate, 2–3 cm, usually rounded distally, with yellowish hairs near gland; glands rounded, not depressed, covered with linear yellow hairs; filaments 5–6 mm; anthers white, oblong, 4–5 mm, apex acute. |
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Capsules | erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 6–9 cm, apex acuminate. |
erect, linear, angled in cross section, 2–3 cm. |
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Seeds | light yellow, translucent, flat. |
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2n | = 16. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus clavatus |
Calochortus dunnii |
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Phenology | Flowering mid summer. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Dry stony ridges in chaparral and pine forest | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 1500–1700 m (4900–5600 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
CA
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CA; Mexico (Baja California) |
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Discussion | Varieties 5 (5 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. (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. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa clavata | C. palmeri var. dunnii | ||||||||||||||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 265. (1879) | Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 147, plate 19, figs. 14, 17. (1901) | ||||||||||||||||
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