Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus obispoensis |
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cat's ear, elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily, elegant sego lily, elegant star tulip, northwestern mariposa lily |
San Luis mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat fibrous-reticulate. | |||||||||
Stems | ± slender, usually not branching, often scapelike, 0.5–2 dm. |
slender, branching, straight, 3–6 dm. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat, glabrous adaxially. |
basal withering, 2–3 dm; blade linear-lanceolate. |
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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 opening flat, campanulate; sepals often reflexed, lanceolate, 1–3 cm, glabrous, apex long-tapered; petals yellow to deep orange, purple-brown at tip, oblong-ovate, 1–2 cm, conspicuously bearded, margins fringed or dentate, apex fringed with hairy tufts; glands round, slightly depressed, glabrous, surrounded and obscured by ring of slender, dense hairs united at base; filaments 7–8 mm; anthers oblong, apex acute. |
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Capsules | nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
erect, linear, 3-angled, 3–4 cm, apex acute. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
light yellow, translucent. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 18. |
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Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus obispoensis |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Dry stony hills, canyons, edge of chaparral, serpentine | |||||||||
Elevation | 100–500 m (300–1600 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
nw United States
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CA |
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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 obispoensis is restricted to San Luis Obispo County. (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. 141. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. (1814) | Lemmon: Bot. Gaz. 11: 180. (1886) | ||||||||
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