Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus albus |
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big-pod mariposa, big-pod mariposa lily, white mariposa lily, wide-fruit mariposa lily |
fairy-lantern, white fairy-lantern, white globe-lily |
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Stems | not branching, straight, 1–5 dm. |
usually branching, 20–80 cm. |
Leaves | basal persistent, subtended by inflorescence, 1–3 dm × 5–25 mm; blade flat, tapering toward both ends, becoming involute. |
basal persistent, 3–7 dm; blade linear, flat. |
Inflorescences | subumbellate, 1–5-flowered; bracts 2 or more, narrowly lanceolate to linear, long-attenuate, unequal, 1–5 cm. |
2–many-flowered. |
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. |
nodding; perianth ± closed at apex, ± oblong; sepals appressed to petals, ovate to lanceolate, 10–15 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate; petals usually white to pink, ± elliptic, 20–25 mm, sparsely ciliate, hairs distal to gland slender; glands ± depressed, proximal ciliate membrane 1/3–2/3 petal width; filaments equaling anthers; anthers oblong, apex obtuse or acute. |
Capsules | erect, 3-winged, ellipsoid-oblong. |
nodding, winged, oblong, 2–4 cm, apex obtuse or acute. |
Seeds | light beige. |
dark brown, irregular. |
2n | = 20. |
= 20. |
Calochortus eurycarpus |
Calochortus albus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering mid spring–mid summer. |
Habitat | Grasslands and open coniferous forests | Shaded places in open woods and brush |
Elevation | 700–2700 m [2300–8900 ft] | 0–2000 m [0–6600 ft] |
Distribution |
ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; WY
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CA
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Source | FNA vol. 26. | FNA vol. 26, p. 123. |
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Synonyms | C. nitidus var. eurycarpus | Cyclobothra alba, C. albus var. rubellus |
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 348. (1871) | (Bentham) Douglas ex Bentham: Botanist 2: no. 98. (1838) |
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