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golden bowl mariposa, goldenbowl mariposa-lily

Habit Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous.
Stems

usually stout, sparingly branching, not flexuous or twisted, 3–6 dm.

Leaves

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear, glaucous.

Inflorescences

subumbellate, 1–4-flowered;

bracts opposite pedicel, 4–8 cm.

Flowers

erect;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals usually with dark red blotch near base, lanceolate-ovate, 2–3 cm;

petals yellow, often tinged purple in drying, cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm;

glands usually ± round, depressed, small, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane and a few long, yellow hairs, densely covered with slender, unbranched hairs;

filaments 9–10 mm;

anthers yellowish, oblong, 8–10 mm, apex obtuse.

Capsules

erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 5–8 cm, apex acuminate.

Seeds

flat.

2n

= ca. 14.

Calochortus concolor

Phenology Flowering late spring–mid summer.
Habitat Dry slopes in chaparral and pine forest, frequently on decomposed granite
Elevation 700–2500 m (2300–8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source FNA vol. 26.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Calochortus
Sibling taxa
C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, C. amoenus, C. apiculatus, C. argillosus, C. aureus, C. bruneaunis, C. catalinae, C. clavatus, C. coeruleus, C. coxii, C. dunnii, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, C. excavatus, C. flexuosus, C. greenei, C. gunnisonii, C. howellii, C. indecorus, C. invenustus, C. kennedyi, C. leichtlinii, C. longebarbatus, C. luteus, C. lyallii, C. macrocarpus, C. minimus, C. monanthus, C. monophyllus, C. nitidus, C. nudus, C. nuttallii, C. obispoensis, C. palmeri, C. panamintensis, C. persistens, C. plummerae, C. pulchellus, C. raichei, C. simulans, C. splendens, C. striatus, C. subalpinus, C. superbus, C. tiburonensis, C. tolmiei, C. umbellatus, C. umpquaensis, C. uniflorus, C. venustus, C. vestae, C. weedii, C. westonii
Synonyms C. luteus var. concolor
Name authority (Baker) Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 135. (1901)
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