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golden bowl mariposa, goldenbowl mariposa-lily

Calochortus subalpinus

Cascade mariposa lily, cat's ear lily, mountain cat's ear, mountain mariposa, subalpine mariposa-lily

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

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

usually not branching, straight or flexuous, often scapelike, 0.5–3 dm.

Leaves

basal withering, 1–2 dm;

blade linear, glaucous.

basal 1–3 dm × 2–15 mm, usually equaling or exceeding stem length;

blade flat, adaxial surface glabrous.

Inflorescences

subumbellate, 1–4-flowered;

bracts opposite pedicel, 4–8 cm.

subumbellate, 1–5-flowered;

bracts 2–several, lanceolate to linear, unequal, 1–5 cm, apex acuminate;

peduncle slender, becoming stouter, deflexed in fruit.

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 or spreading;

perianth open, campanulate;

sepals typically with purple glandular blotch near base, oblong-lanceolate, shorter than petals, adaxial surface minutely hairy, apex acute to acuminate;

petals yellowish white, sometimes lavender-tinged, frequently with narrow purple crescent distal to gland, broadly obovate, cuneate, moderately bearded nearly to apex, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins fringed, apex obtuse or acute;

glands transversely oblong, arched upward, ± deeply depressed, bordered proximally by narrow, ascending, deeply fringed membrane, distally by narrow, crenate membranes, gland surface with rather long, slender hairs toward distal portion;

anthers lanceolate, apex long-apiculate.

Capsules

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

nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid, apex usually acute.

Seeds

flat.

pale yellow.

2n

= ca. 14.

= 20.

Calochortus concolor

Calochortus subalpinus

Phenology Flowering late spring–mid summer. Flowering summer.
Habitat Dry slopes in chaparral and pine forest, frequently on decomposed granite Open forest in loose volcanic soils
Elevation 700–2500 m (2300–8200 ft) 1000–2200 m (3300–7200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
OR; WA
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Source FNA vol. 26. FNA vol. 26, p. 126.
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. 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. superbus, C. tiburonensis, C. tolmiei, C. umbellatus, C. umpquaensis, C. uniflorus, C. venustus, C. vestae, C. weedii, C. westonii
Synonyms C. luteus var. concolor C. lobbii
Name authority (Baker) Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 135. (1901) Piper: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 195. (1906)
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