Calochortus coxii |
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Cox's cat's ear, Cox's mariposa-lily |
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Stems | usually not branching, straight to flexuous, often scapelike, 15–25 cm. |
Leaves | basal ± erect, to 3 dm × 3–7 mm; blade with adaxial surface densely hairy, abaxial surface glabrous, shiny. |
Inflorescences | erect, 1–7-flowered; bracts 1–several, 2.5–3 cm. |
Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals ovate-acuminate, 20 × 8 mm; petals white, with reddish striations from base to gland and broad lavender chevron just distal to gland margins, broadly obovate, 2.5 cm, adaxial surface densely hairy, margins slightly ciliate; glands transversely oblong-lunate, deeply depressed, green at adaxial base, 1/2 to nearly equaling petal claw width, surrounded by yellow hairs that grade to white at petal apex, covered with membranous scales, scales covered with very small, translucent, rodlike hairs; filaments 7 mm; anthers reddish brown, 3–7 mm, apex apiculate. |
Capsules | nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid-elongate, 3–4 cm. |
Seeds | light beige, surface rough. |
Calochortus coxii |
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Phenology | Flowering mid summer. |
Habitat | North-facing open grassy slopes or woods, on serpentine |
Elevation | 200–1000 m (700–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Calochortus coxii is endemic to Douglas County from near the Umpqua River to Myrtle Creek Mountain. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 126. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
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Name authority | M. R. Godfrey & Callahan: Phytologia 65: 216, fig.1g–k. (1988) |
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