Calochortus eurycarpus |
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big-pod mariposa, big-pod mariposa lily, white mariposa lily, wide-fruit mariposa lily |
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Stems | not branching, straight, 1–5 dm. |
Leaves | basal persistent, subtended by inflorescence, 1–3 dm × 5–25 mm; blade flat, tapering toward both ends, becoming involute. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm. |
Flowers | erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals ovate to lanceolate, usually much shorter than petals, glabrous, apex acute to acuminate; petals creamy white to lavender, with conspicuous median red-purple adaxial blotch, obovate, invested near gland with few long, flexuous hairs, base cuneate, apex rounded or acute; glands triangular-lunate, slightly depressed, bordered proximally by comparatively narrow, deeply fringed membrane, distally often by narrower, crenate membranes, enclosed surface densely covered with long yellowish hairs, which, with membrane fringe, are often inconspicuously papillose; filaments slightly longer than anthers; anthers oblong, apex obtuse. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid-oblong. |
Seeds | light beige. |
2n | = 20. |
Calochortus eurycarpus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Grasslands and open coniferous forests |
Elevation | 700–2700 m (2300–8900 ft) |
Distribution |
ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; WY
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Source | FNA vol. 26. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | C. nitidus var. eurycarpus |
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) |
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