Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus macrocarpus |
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cat's ear, elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily, elegant sego lily, elegant star tulip, northwestern mariposa lily |
green-banded star-tulip, sagebrush mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |||||||||||||
Stems | ± slender, usually not branching, often scapelike, 0.5–2 dm. |
usually not branching, stout, 2–5 dm. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat, glabrous adaxially. |
basal withering, 0.5–1 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | 1–7-flowered. |
subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; bracts 3–5 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, 4–5 cm, apex acuminate; petals purple, with median green stripe on abaxial surface, obovate, 4–6 cm, bearded distal to gland, apex acuminate; glands triangular-sagittate, slightly depressed, densely covered with slender hairs; filaments 8–9 mm; anthers lanceolate-linear, ca. 1 cm, apex obtuse. |
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Capsules | nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
flat, inflated. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus macrocarpus |
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Distribution |
nw United States
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w North America
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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, p. 136. | ||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms | Mariposa macrocarpa | |||||||||||||
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. (1814) | Douglas: Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 276, plate 8. (1828) | ||||||||||||
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