Calochortus concolor |
Calochortus excavatus |
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golden bowl mariposa, goldenbowl mariposa-lily |
Inyo County star-tulip |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |
Stems | usually stout, sparingly branching, not flexuous or twisted, 3–6 dm. |
slender, not branching, 1–3 dm. |
Leaves | basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear, glaucous. |
basal usually persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–4-flowered; bracts opposite pedicel, 4–8 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–4-flowered; bracts paired, 3–8 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. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals lanceolate, 2–3 cm, apex acuminate; petals lavender, with longitudinal median abaxial green stripe, with or without blotches, broadly cuneate to obovate, 3–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland; glands round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, distally branching hairs; filaments 6–8 mm; anthers red-brown, oblong, 7–10 mm, apex obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 5–8 cm, apex acuminate. |
erect, brown, lanceoloid-linear, 3-angled, 2–3 cm. |
Seeds | flat. |
light beige, translucent, flat. |
2n | = ca. 14. |
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Calochortus concolor |
Calochortus excavatus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Dry slopes in chaparral and pine forest, frequently on decomposed granite | Grassy meadows in shadscale scrub |
Elevation | 700–2500 m (2300–8200 ft) | 1200–2000 m (3900–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA |
Discussion | Calochortus excavatus is found only in the eastern Sierra Nevada in Mono and Inyo counties. It is threatened by groundwater depletion. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 137. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. luteus var. concolor | |
Name authority | (Baker) Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 135. (1901) | Greene: Pittonia 2: 71. (1890) |
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