Calochortus concolor |
Calochortus subalpinus |
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golden bowl mariposa, goldenbowl mariposa-lily |
Cascade mariposa lily, cat's ear lily, mountain cat's ear, mountain mariposa, subalpine mariposa-lily |
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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. |
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 |
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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 |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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OR; WA
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 126. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | ||
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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