Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus amabilis |
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cat's ear, elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily, elegant sego lily, elegant star tulip, northwestern mariposa lily |
Diogenes' lantern, golden fairy lantern |
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Stems | ± slender, usually not branching, often scapelike, 0.5–2 dm. |
usually branching distal to base, 1–5 dm, slightly glaucous. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat, glabrous adaxially. |
basal persistent, 20–50 cm; blade linear, flat, slightly glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | 1–7-flowered. |
2–many-flowered. |
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Flowers | erect to spreading; perianth open, campanulate; sepals oblong-lanceolate, 12–16 mm, usually glabrous, adaxial surface minutely papillose; petals light green to white, usually with purple crescent distal to gland, ± oblanceolate or broader, 10–15 mm, adaxial surface hairy only distal to gland, margins conspicuously ciliate; glands lunate, usually slightly depressed, bordered proximally by ± ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs; anthers lanceolate, apex apiculate. |
nodding; perianth closed at apex, globular; sepals spreading, ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–2 cm; petals deep yellow, with brown abaxial blotch, widely lanceolate, 1.6–2 cm, densely ciliate throughout, adaxial surface glabrous or with a few hairs near gland; glands deeply depressed, bordered distally by band of hairs; filaments longer than anthers; anthers oblong, apex obtuse or acute. |
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Capsules | nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
nodding, winged, oblong, 2–3 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
dark brown, irregular. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 20. |
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Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus amabilis |
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Phenology | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Shaded places in open woods or brush | |||||||||
Elevation | 100–1000 m (300–3300 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
nw United States
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CA
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 125. | FNA vol. 26, p. 124. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. (1814) | Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 119, plate 19, fig. 1. (1901) | ||||||||
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