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golden bowl mariposa, goldenbowl mariposa-lily

Inyo County star-tulip

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.

Calochortus concolor

Calochortus excavatus

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
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA
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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.)

Source FNA vol. 26. FNA vol. 26, p. 137.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Calochortus 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
C. albus, C. amabilis, C. ambiguus, C. amoenus, C. apiculatus, C. argillosus, C. aureus, C. bruneaunis, C. catalinae, C. clavatus, C. coeruleus, C. concolor, C. coxii, C. dunnii, C. elegans, C. eurycarpus, 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) Greene: Pittonia 2: 71. (1890)
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