Calochortus clavatus |
Calochortus splendens |
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club hair mariposa, clubhair mariposa lily, slender mariposa lily |
splendid mariposa, splendid 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. |
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. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 4–8 cm, bases dilated. |
monochasiate, 1–4-flowered; bracts 2–5 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, narrow at base; sepals deep lilac, often with purple blotch, lanceolate-ovate to acuminate, 2–3 cm; petals lavender to deep purple, usually with purple blotch at base, obovate to cuneate, rounded, 3–5 cm, with scattered, white and/or purple hairs proximal to middle, sometimes with yellow hairs distal to gland, margins dentate distally; glands ± square, not depressed, usually with many branching hairs; filaments 7–8 mm; anthers purple or white, 5–7 mm, apex obtuse to abruptly pointed. |
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Capsules | erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 6–9 cm, apex acuminate. |
erect, linear, angled, 5–7 cm. |
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Seeds | light yellow, translucent, flat. |
light-colored, flat. |
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2n | = 16. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus clavatus |
Calochortus splendens |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Dry slopes in heavy or granitic soil in chaparral, valley grassland, pine forest | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | less than 2800 m (less than 9200 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.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 138. | FNA vol. 26, p. 133. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa clavata | C. davidsonianus, Mariposa splendens | ||||||||||||||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 265. (1879) | Douglas ex Bentham: Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 411, plate 15, fig.1. (1835) | ||||||||||||||||
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