Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus coxii |
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cat's ear, elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily, elegant sego lily, elegant star tulip, northwestern mariposa lily |
Cox's cat's ear, Cox's mariposa-lily |
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Stems | ± slender, usually not branching, often scapelike, 0.5–2 dm. |
usually not branching, straight to flexuous, often scapelike, 15–25 cm. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat, glabrous adaxially. |
basal ± erect, to 3 dm × 3–7 mm; blade with adaxial surface densely hairy, abaxial surface glabrous, shiny. |
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Inflorescences | 1–7-flowered. |
erect, 1–7-flowered; bracts 1–several, 2.5–3 cm. |
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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, 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. |
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Capsules | nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
nodding, 3-winged, ellipsoid-elongate, 3–4 cm. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
light beige, surface rough. |
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2n | = 20. |
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Calochortus elegans |
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 |
nw United States
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 125. | FNA vol. 26, p. 126. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. (1814) | M. R. Godfrey & Callahan: Phytologia 65: 216, fig.1g–k. (1988) | ||||||||
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