Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus dunnii |
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cat's ear, elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily, elegant sego lily, elegant star tulip, northwestern mariposa lily |
Dunn's mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants rarely bulbose; bulb coat, when present, membranous. | |||||||||
Stems | ± slender, usually not branching, often scapelike, 0.5–2 dm. |
slender, usually branching, ± straight, 2–6 dm. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat, glabrous adaxially. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear-attenuate, channeled. |
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Inflorescences | 1–7-flowered. |
2–6-flowered; bracts 1–2 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 lanceolate-ovate, 1–2 cm; petals white, usually flushed pink, with red-brown blotch distal to gland, obovate to cuneate, 2–3 cm, usually rounded distally, with yellowish hairs near gland; glands rounded, not depressed, covered with linear yellow hairs; filaments 5–6 mm; anthers white, oblong, 4–5 mm, apex acute. |
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Capsules | nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
erect, linear, angled in cross section, 2–3 cm. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus dunnii |
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Phenology | Flowering mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Dry stony ridges in chaparral and pine forest | |||||||||
Elevation | 1500–1700 m (4900–5600 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
nw United States
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CA; Mexico (Baja California) |
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. (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. palmeri var. dunnii | |||||||||
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. (1814) | Purdy: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 2: 147, plate 19, figs. 14, 17. (1901) | ||||||||
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