Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus macrocarpus |
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big-pod mariposa, big-pod mariposa lily, white mariposa lily, wide-fruit mariposa lily |
green-banded star-tulip, sagebrush mariposa-lily |
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Habit | Plants usually bulbose; bulb coat membranous. | |||||
Stems | not branching, straight, 1–5 dm. |
usually not branching, stout, 2–5 dm. |
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Leaves | basal persistent, subtended by inflorescence, 1–3 dm × 5–25 mm; blade flat, tapering toward both ends, becoming involute. |
basal withering, 0.5–1 dm; blade linear. |
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Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm. |
subumbellate, 1–3-flowered; bracts 3–5 cm. |
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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. |
erect; perianth open, campanulate; sepals lanceolate, 4–5 cm, apex acuminate; petals purple, with median green stripe on abaxial surface, obovate, 4–6 cm, bearded distal to gland, apex acuminate; glands triangular-sagittate, slightly depressed, densely covered with slender hairs; filaments 8–9 mm; anthers lanceolate-linear, ca. 1 cm, apex obtuse. |
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Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid-oblong. |
erect, lanceoloid-linear, angled, 4–5 cm, apex acuminate. |
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Seeds | light beige. |
flat, inflated. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 14. |
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Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus macrocarpus |
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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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w North America
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 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. | FNA vol. 26, p. 136. | ||||
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Calochortus | Liliaceae > Calochortus | ||||
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Synonyms | C. nitidus var. eurycarpus | Mariposa macrocarpa | ||||
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) | Douglas: Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 276, plate 8. (1828) | ||||
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