Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus clavatus |
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cat's ear, elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily, elegant sego lily, elegant star tulip, northwestern mariposa lily |
club hair mariposa, clubhair mariposa lily, slender mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stems | ± slender, usually not branching, often scapelike, 0.5–2 dm. |
slender or coarse, stout, branching or not, strongly flexuous, 3–10 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. |
subumbellate, 1–6-flowered; bracts 4–8 cm, bases dilated. |
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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. |
erect; perianth open, cup-shaped; sepals usually with red-brown blotch at base, lanceolate-ovate, 2–4 cm, apex acute; petals lemon to golden yellow, with transverse line distal to gland, broadly cuneate to obovate, 3–5 cm; glands round, deeply depressed, densely covered with short hairs with branching, coralline tips, surrounded by conspicuously fringed membrane and club-shaped hairs; filaments ca. 10 mm; anthers purplish brown, oblong, 4–10 mm. |
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Capsules | nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 6–9 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
light yellow, translucent, flat. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 16. |
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Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus clavatus |
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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.) |
Varieties 5 (5 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 125. | FNA vol. 26, p. 138. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa clavata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. (1814) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 265. (1879) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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