Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus indecorus |
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cat's ear, elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily, elegant sego lily, elegant star tulip, northwestern mariposa lily |
sexton mountain mariposa lily |
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Stems | ± slender, usually not branching, often scapelike, 0.5–2 dm. |
stout, not branching, 16–22 cm, not bearing bulblets. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat, glabrous adaxially. |
basal 2–25 dm × 8–12 mm; cauline usually present. |
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Inflorescences | 1–7-flowered. |
2–6-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. |
± erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals broadly lanceolate, somewhat shorter than petals; petals bright lavender, broadly obovate, adaxial surface glabrous or with short, purple hairs distal to gland, apex margins erose; glands slightly depressed, surrounded proximally by minutely denticulate membrane; filaments longer than anthers; anthers oblong, apex acute to obtuse. |
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Capsules | nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
nodding, narrowly 3-winged, ovoid, 1.5–2 cm. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
unknown. |
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2n | = 20. |
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Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus indecorus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring. | |||||||||
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.) |
Calochortus indecorus was collected from the western slope of Sexton Mountain, northeastern Josephine County. Endemic to that area, the taxon is now presumed extinct. (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. 127. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. (1814) | Ownbey & M. Peck: Leafl. W. Bot. 7: 191. (1954) | ||||||||
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