Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus vestae |
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cat's ear, elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily, elegant sego lily, elegant star tulip, northwestern mariposa lily |
Coast Range mariposa lily |
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Habit | Plants strongly bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |||||||||
Stems | ± slender, usually not branching, often scapelike, 0.5–2 dm. |
usually branching, straight, 3–5 dm. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat, glabrous adaxially. |
basal withering, 1–2 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | 1–7-flowered. |
subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; bracts 2–5 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 linear-lanceolate, attenuate, 2–3 cm; petals white to purplish, streaked red to purple proximal to gland, with median red-brown blotch surrounded by pale yellow zone, cuneate to obovate, 3–4 cm, with a few short hairs near gland, apex rounded; glands ± doubly lunate, not depressed, densely covered with short hairs; filaments equaling anthers; anthers oblong-linear, apex obtuse or acute. |
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Capsules | nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
erect, linear, angled, 4–7 cm, apex acute. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
light beige, flat, 4–6 mm. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 28. |
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Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus vestae |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Heavy clay soils in mixed evergreen and pine forests | |||||||||
Elevation | 500–900 m (1600–3000 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.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 125. | FNA vol. 26, p. 135. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||
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Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. (1814) | Purdy: Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 18: 14. (1895) | ||||||||
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