Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus pulchellus |
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cat's ear, elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily, elegant sego lily, elegant star tulip, northwestern mariposa lily |
Mount Diablo fairy-lantern, Mt. Diablo fairy-lantern |
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Stems | ± slender, usually not branching, often scapelike, 0.5–2 dm. |
usually branching distal to base, 1–3 dm, not glaucous. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat, glabrous adaxially. |
basal persistent, 1–4 dm; blade green, lanceolate, tapering at base, flat, not glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | 1–7-flowered. |
1–5-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. |
nodding; perianth closed at apex, ± globular; sepals spreading, yellow-green, ovate to lanceolate, 2–3 cm, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals pale yellow, lanceolate, 3–5 cm, conspicuously fringed with short, thick hairs, adaxial surface glabrous or sparsely hairy, apex obtuse; glands deeply depressed, bordered distally by long, slender hairs; filaments 6–8 mm; anthers oblong, 3–5 mm, apex obtuse or acute. |
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Capsules | nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
nodding, winged, ellipsoid-oblong, 2–4 cm. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
dark brown, irregular. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 20. |
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Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus pulchellus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Open places in woods, chaparral, typically on serpentine | |||||||||
Elevation | 200–800 m (700–2600 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 pulchellus is known from Mt. Diablo, Contra Costa 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. 123. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Cyclobothra pulchella | |||||||||
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. (1814) | (Bentham) Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 168. (1868) | ||||||||
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