Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus longebarbatus |
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cat's ear, elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily, elegant sego lily, elegant star tulip, northwestern mariposa lily |
long-bearded mariposa lily, long-bearded sego-lily, long-hair star-tulip, longbeard mariposa lily |
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Stems | ± slender, usually not branching, often scapelike, 0.5–2 dm. |
usually not branching, 1–3 dm, proximal internodes very short; bulblet in axil of cauline leaf at or below ground surface. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat, glabrous adaxially. |
single; basal persistent, 2–3 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | 1–7-flowered. |
1–4-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 ovate-lanceolate, 15–20 mm, apex acuminate; petals light pink to ± lavender, with red-purple adaxial crescent distal to gland, widely obovate-cuneate, 20–30 mm, not ciliate, with a few long hairs; glands bordered proximally by ciliate membrane, distally by short hairs; filaments twice length of anthers; anther apex obtuse to abruptly short-tipped. |
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Capsules | nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid to ± globular, 2–3 cm. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
light brown, irregular. |
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2n | = 20. |
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Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus longebarbatus |
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Distribution |
nw United States
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w United States
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
recent collections of calochortus longebarbatus from oregon exhibit intergradation in the characters that heretofore have been thought to distinguish the following two varieties (k. l. chambers pers. comm.), and their continued recognition may prove unwarranted Varieties 2 (2 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. | ||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||||||
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Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. (1814) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 381. (1882) | ||||||||||||
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