Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus bruneaunis |
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cat's ear, elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily, elegant sego lily, elegant star tulip, northwestern mariposa lily |
Bruneau mariposa lily, pinyon mariposa |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |||||||||
Stems | ± slender, usually not branching, often scapelike, 0.5–2 dm. |
usually not branching or twisted, 1–4 dm. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat, glabrous adaxially. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | 1–7-flowered. |
1–4-flowered; bracts 2–4 cm. |
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Flower(s) | 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. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals with dark red or purple blotch near base, lanceolate, 1–4 cm, usually glabrous, apex acuminate; petals white tinged with lilac, with longitudinal median green stripe on abaxial surface and dark red or purple crescent distal to gland, narrowly obovate, 2–4 cm, ± glabrous; glands surrounded by yellow border, round, depressed, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane, densely covered with short, unbranched or distally branching hairs; filaments 5–6 mm; anthers yellow, blue, or maroon, oblong, 5–7 mm, apex obtuse. |
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Capsules | nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
erect, linear-lanceoloid, angled, 3–7 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
yellow, flat. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus bruneaunis |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Dry brushy, grassy slopes, flats, pinyon-juniper woodlands | |||||||||
Elevation | 900–3000 m (3000–9800 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
nw United States
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CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT
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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. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Synonyms | C. nuttallii var. bruneaunis | |||||||||
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. (1814) | A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride: Bot. Gaz. 55: 372. (1913) | ||||||||
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