Calochortus clavatus |
Calochortus raichei |
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club hair mariposa, clubhair mariposa lily, slender mariposa lily |
cedars fairy lantern, cedars mariposa lily, The Cedars fairy-lantern |
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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. |
usually not branching distal to base, 1–10 dm, conspicuously glaucous. |
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Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
basal 3–4 dm; blade linear, attenuate, channeled, conspicuously glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 4–8 cm, bases dilated. |
1–2-flowered; bracts paired, opposite. |
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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. |
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. |
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Capsules | erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 6–9 cm, apex acuminate. |
nodding, ridged, not winged, oblong, 2–4 cm, apex acute. |
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Seeds | light yellow, translucent, flat. |
dark brown, irregular. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Calochortus clavatus |
Calochortus raichei |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Exposed serpentine soil in open woodlands | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | less than 300 m (less than 1000 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.) |
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, p. 138. | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa clavata | |||||||||||||||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 265. (1879) | Farwig & V. Girard: Herbertia 43(1): 3, figs. 1, 2. (1987) | ||||||||||||||||
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