Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus weedii |
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cat's ear, elegant cat's ear, elegant mariposa lily, elegant sego lily, elegant star tulip, northwestern mariposa lily |
foothill mariposa lily, Weed's mariposa, Weed's 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, usually branching, 3–9 dm. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, 1–2 dm; blade linear, flat, glabrous adaxially. |
basal withering, 2–4 dm; blade linear to lanceolate. |
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Inflorescences | 1–7-flowered. |
2–6-flowered; bracts resembling distal cauline leaves. |
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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, broadly campanulate; sepals ovate to lanceolate, attenuate, 2–3 cm; petals orange-yellow, flecked, broadly cuneate or obovate, ca. 2–3 cm, adaxially bearded with long yellow hairs, margins often red-brown, dentate or fringed; glands round, slightly depressed, ± glabrous, surrounded by ring of long, dense, obscuring yellow hairs; filaments 8–12 mm; anthers lanceolate-oblong, apex acute. |
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Capsules | nodding, winged, ellipsoid-globular, 1–2 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
erect, linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acute. |
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Seeds | light brown, irregular. |
light beige. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 18. |
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Calochortus elegans |
Calochortus weedii |
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Distribution |
nw United States
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 4 (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. 141. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||||||||||||||
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Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. (1814) | Alph. Wood: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 169. (1868) | ||||||||||||||||
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